Taxonomy Profile: Pedetes capensis (Forster 1778)

Pedetes capensis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Mus cafer
Pallas 1779
Pedetes typicus
A Smith 1834
Yerbua capensis
Forster 1778
Pedetes cafer orangiae
Wroughton 1907
Pedetes cafer damarensis
Roberts 1926
Pedetes cafer salinae
Wroughton 1907
Pedetes cafer angolae
Hinton 1920
Pedetes capensis capensis
Forster 1778
Common Name(s):
South African Spring Hare []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Pedetes capensis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Anomaluromorpha
Family : Pedetidae
Spring Hares |
Genus : Pedetes
Spring Hares |
Species : Pedetes capensis
South African Spring Hare |
Pedetes capensis Direct Children(s):
Pedetes capensis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Don E. Wilson
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108
Reference for:
Pedetes capensis
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Pedetes capensis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Dieterlen, Fritz / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Pedetidae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1535
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Pedetes capensis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Graaff, G. de
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-01-01 / 1981-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of Southern Africa: Notes on their identification, distribution, ecology and taxonomy
Page(s):
xviii + 267
Publisher:
Butterworth & Co.
Publication Place:
Durban, South Africa
ISBN/ISSN:
0-409-09829-9/
Notes:
Reference for:
Pedetes capensis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Matthee, C. A., and T. J. Robinson
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-03-01 / 1997-03-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and comparative cytogenics of the Springhare, Pedetes capensis (Mammalia: Rodentia)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Mammalian Evolution, vol. 4, no. 1
Page(s):
53-73
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1064-7554
Notes:
Available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1027331727034
Reference for:
Pedetes capensis
Pedetes capensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Pedetes capensis: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Vulnerable
Comment:
Comments: See Misonne (1974, pt. 6:8); de Graaff (1981:43). According to Matthee and Robinson (1997), there is no proof of the validity of subspecies