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collected
Lepus capensis mandatus
Example specimen, KM 10.464 ♀, 3 sept. '23'
Berseba, S.W. Africa, Shortridge, 3067'
HB-450, TI-108, HF103, Eor 115
Ears reddish brown tipped, white along inner
margin, mottled brownish, much lighter
and paler than Lepus satilios, below
white, throat ruffose, front legs as
well as rear ruffous, foot pads ruffous.
Lepus capensis "vernayi"
Example Specimen - KM-10476, ♀, 2/3/1932,
Edenville, O.F.S., N.B. Chivers, HB-435
TI-90, HF-94, Eor-108.
Eartips black, white in mid belly, light ruffous
and lower sides, above a mottled brownish black
kind fit long and thin, brownish ruffous light
ruffous above, front foot pads dark rusty
brown, above light ruffous.
collected
Lepus capensis "ermeloensis"
Example specimen - KM-10466 ♂, 27/11/3,
Erme lo, Transvaal, Chivers, HB-438, TI-80,
HF-112, Eor-108.
Ears black tipped, body above mottled brownish
ruffous, streaked with black, side less dark,
throat ruffous brown, chin light ruffous,
white below, sides light ruffous tail
short white below, black stripe above
legs thin and ruffous, pads dark reddish
brown.