SPECIES	LEPUS LAPENSIS	PRONOLAGUS RUPESTRIS	BUNOLAGUS MONTICULARIS	LEPUS SAXATILIS
NAME	Cape Hare Kaapse Vlakhaas	Rockrabbit Klipklonyn	Riverine Rabbit Pondhaas, Vleihaas, Joekvoetjie	Shrub hare Kolhaas, Ribbokhaas
LENGTH / WEIGHT	44-50 cm 2kg	45cm 1.3-2 kg	43 cm 1.4-1.9kg	48-58 cm 3kg
EAR LENGTH	10 cm	8-10 cm	12 cm	9 cm
NAPE COLOUR	Pink brown	Red-Brown	Red-Brown	Orange dark brown
TAIL COLOUR	Black above white below	Dark brown black point	Round Stump Grey-brown	Black above white below
BODY COLOUR	Brown grey	Red brown	Grey Brown	Grey
DISTINCTIONS			Face line . white ring around eyes	White spot between eyes
BELLY COLOUR	White	Pink-brown & white	White	White
DISTRIBUTION	SWA / N-Africa	Wilde Distribution S of Sahara	Vict.-Wes, Frazerburg /B-Wes ½	S.A. sub region
HABITAT	Dry open plains aria	Stony Sparse Vegetation	Riveredge alluvial, Ganna Plains	Savanna, Scrublands
HABITS	Nocturnal – Solitary 8-6 ha loop areas	Nocturnal – Solitary In rocky outcrop 300 m2	Nocturnal – Solitary 12-20 ha	Nocturnal – Solitary
FORMS	Scraped hollow one	None	Use forms whole day (few)	Used till distributed (many)
ESCAPE PATTERN	Run zigzag to hiding place ears up, flat if high stress	Zigzag over rocks and stones to familiar spot	Short runs and hops	Run in uneven pattern and route, ears back
FOOD	Shrub, short grass	Grazer: especially short & young	Shrub & new grass	Leaves, roots, rootgrass
REPRODUCTION	Whole year pref: Jul – Dec	Whole year pref : Sep – Feb	Aug – May	Whole year pref: Sep-Feb
BREEDING CYCLE	4 x per year	4 x per year	1 x per year in case of abortion 2 x per year	Don't know
BIRTH/ NO OF YOUNG	Precoctail 1-3	Altricial 2	Altricial 1-2	Precoctail 1-3
NEST	None, use forms	Rocky hollow, tree	Burrow lined and closed	None,use forms
STIMULANT	Breed irrespective	Stimulated by rain	Stimulated by optimal conditions	Stimulated by temp