African savanna hare

The African savanna hare, Lepus victoriae, is a medium-sized hare native to diverse regions and habitats of Africa, including savannas and the Sahel. It grows to a length of 41 to 58 centimetres and weighs between 1.5 and 3 kilograms. It is found across a long list of African countries, among them Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. African savanna hares are solitary, nocturnal animals; they feed mainly on grasses and herbs but also chew roots, shoots and bark, and sometimes eat fallen fruit and occasionally fungi. The breeding behaviour of the species has been little studied. It is similar in appearance to the Cape scrub hare, which occupies a narrower range in southern Africa, and it is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.