The west Sahara hare (Lepus saharae) is a species of hare native to Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, and Senegal, as well as possibly Niger, and Burkina Faso.[1][2]

West Sahara hare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species:
L. saharae
Binomial name
Lepus saharae
Soria-Boix, Donat-Torres, Idrissi, & Urios, 2019

References

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  1. ^ "Lepus saharae (id=1006762)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
  2. ^ Soria-Boix, C.; Donat-Torres, M. P.; Rguibi Idrissi, H.; Urios, V. (2019). "Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwestern Africa; The problem of cryptic species and the description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.)". Evolutionary Ecology Research. 20 (5): 537–555. hdl:10251/167876.