Cape hare

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Cape hare
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Lepus
Species:	L. capensis
Binomial name
Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758
Geographic range

Cape hare in hieroglyphs
wn "Cape/desert hare" in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs

The Cape hare (Lepus capensis), also called the brown hare and the desert hare, is a hare native to Africa and Arabia extending into India.^[1]