Bunyoro rabbit

The Bunyoro rabbit, also called the Uganda grass hare, Poelagus marjorita, is the only member of its genus. It is a medium-sized, greyish-brown, nocturnal, plant-eating rabbit found in central Africa, measuring 400 to 605 millimetres in length. Its typical habitat is damp savannah, often with rocky outcrops, but it also appears in forests and in rocky areas alongside rock hyraxes. It is told from the hares that share its range, such as the African savanna hare and the Cape hare, by ears that are always shorter than the hind feet. British mammalogist Jane St. Leger first described it in 1929 as a hare and placed it in its own genus in 1932; most studies place it close to the red rock hares and the striped rabbits. It was once considered abundant and the IUCN classifies it as least concern, but sightings have been infrequent and its distribution is much more limited than early estimates suggested.