East African springhare

East African springhare
	In Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Pedetidae
Genus:	Pedetes
Species:	P. surdaster
Binomial name
	Pedetes surdaster; (Thomas, 1902)
Synonyms
	P.currax - Hollister, 1918; P. dentatus - Miller, 1927; P. larvalis - Hollister, 1918; P. taborae - G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1927 ;

The East African springhare (Pedetes surdaster), is not closely related to the hare, which is a lagomorph, but is a member of the Pedetidae, a rodent family.

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