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Scrub Hare

Lepus saxatilis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Kruger National Park
81 Verified records at Kruger National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 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 →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Scrub Hare sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 81 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park

African Savanna Hare
LC

African Savanna Hare

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Lepus victoriae

<5% · Rare
Jameson's Red Rockhare
LC

Jameson's Red Rockhare

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Pronolagus randensis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
<5
Feb
5–10
Mar
10–20
Apr
5–10
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
10–20
Aug
5–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
5–10
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

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

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Scrub Hare in Kruger National Park?

About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Scrub Hare sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 81 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Scrub Hare in Kruger National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Scrub Hare in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.

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