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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Lepus |
| Species: | L. saharae
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepus saharae Soria-Boix, Donat-Torres, Idrissi, & Urios, 2019
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References
edit- ^ "Lepus saharae (id=1006762)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- ^ 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.
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