Facts about the Springhare -- Pedetes capensis:

A summary of most interesting statistics (size, gestation...), amazing environmental adaptations & fascinating facts about social habits, etc.

SIZE: Length 80 cm, mass 3 kg.

COLOUR: Varies from pale reddish-brown to yellowish-grey. Slightly darker tail broadly black at the tip. The underparts and insides of the legs are white or whitish-yellow. Large, dark eyes which shine bright yellow-orange in torchlight.

MOST LIKE: Other hares, but distinguished by its excessively developed hindlegs, erect posture and long black- tipped tail.

HABITAT: Sandy ground covered with scrub, low bush or low grass; this includes the fringes of cultivated land and vleis.

FOOD:

REPRODUCTION & GESTATION PERIOD:

DISTRIBUTION MAP:

WHERE FOUND:
Kruger National Park (South Africa)
Pilanesberg National Park (South Africa)
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park
Addo Elephant National Park
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
Tembe Elephant Park