Pedetes surdaster Thomas 1902
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Pedetes surdaster Thomas 1902
Pedetes surdaster Thomas 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9: 440.
Type Locality: Kenya, Naivasha Prov., Mordat, mile 365 of Uganda Railway.
Vernacular Names: East African Spring Hare.
Synonyms: Pedetes currax Hollister 1918; Pedetes dentatus Miller 1927; Pedetes larvalis Hollister 1918; Pedetes taborae G. M. Allen and Loveridge 1927.
Distribution: Tanzania, Kenya.
Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable (as included in P. capensis?).
Discussion: A distinct species according to Thomas (1902), Hollister (1918), Coe (1969), and Davies (1982). The separation of surdaster from capensis was strongly supported by Matthee and Robinson (1997) based upon genetic, morphological, and ethological differences between the East African and South African Springhares. There is no proof of the validity of subspecies.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/79AB22E591F2E807143047A8F4C1E25B (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/41623B6FCD4053D620E864C8190F6238 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231536792 (URL)
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References
- Hollister, N. 1918. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part I. Insectivora, Chiroptera, and Carnivora. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99: 1 - 194, 55 pls.
- Coe, M. J. 1969. The anatomy of the reproductive tract and breeding in the springhare Pedetes surdaster larvalis Hollister. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility (Suppl.), 6: 159 - 174.
- Davies, C. 1982. The Recent and Fossil Affinities of the Genus Pedetes (Mammalia: Rodentia). Doctor of Philosophy thesis, St. Peter's College, Oxford.
- Matthee, C. A., and T. J. Robinson. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and comparative cytogenetics of the springhare, Pedetes capensis (Mammalia: Rodentia). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 4: 53 - 73.