Scrub Hare

Scrub Hare

Lepus saxatilis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
3 Verified records at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Cape scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) (Afrikaans: ribbokhaas) is a species of hare found in South Africa and Namibia. Although it is listed as a least concern species, the population has been declining and is expected to decline by 20% over the next 100 years, according to a 2004 report. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Scrub Hare at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
2 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
3 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
4 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
5 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
5–10%
6 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
7 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
8 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
9 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
10 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
11 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
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