SOUTH AFRICAN HARE OR KOL-HAAS 



The Cape Hare, like most others of its kind, is 

 speckled black and yellowish-brown, giving it a 

 greyish neutral sort of tint. 



This hare is about 2 feet in length ; the ears 

 measure 4^ inches, and the tail is white below with 

 a broad black streak above, which narrows towards 

 the tip of the tail. This black stripe is bordered 

 with white. 



It can be at once distinguished from a closely 

 allied South African species of Hare (Lepus saxitilis) 

 by the back of its neck being grey, or only very 

 slightly rufous, and not strongly rufous, as in the 

 other species, and on account of its smaller size. 



There are several local races or sub-species of 

 the Cape Hare. 



THE SOUTH AFRICAN HARE 

 OR KOL-HAAS 



{Lepus saxatilis) 



The South African Hare is known to colonists as 

 the Kol-haas, because of the presence of a white 

 spot on the forehead. This spot varies in distinct- 

 ness. In some specimens it is very clear, and in 

 others it is only noticeable on close examination. 



Amongst the native races the Kol-haas is termed 

 the Intenetsha and Nogwaja by the Swazi and Zulu 

 tribes ; Ikloli by the Basutos, and Umvundhla by 

 the Amaxosa. 



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