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CAPE HARE. 



Lepus Capensls. L. cauda longitudine capitis, pcdibus rubris. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmtl. p. 164. 



Brown Hare, with reddish legs, and tail the length of the head. 

 Cape Hare. Pennant Quadr. l.p, 105. 



THE Cape Hare is about the size of a Rabbet, 

 and is a native of the northern parts above the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Its colour on the upper 

 parts is similar to that of a common Hare, but 

 the cheeks and sides are cinereous, and the under 

 parts and legs ferruginous : the tail is bushy, of 

 a pale ferruginous colour, and carried in an up- 

 right direction : the ears are long, broad in the 

 middle, naked, and rose-coloured on the outside 

 and covered with short ash-coloured hair within. 

 It is called about the Cape by the name of Moun- 

 tain Hare, inhabiting only rocky mountainous re- 

 gions, and running, when disturbed, into the 

 fissures of the rocks. 



VISCACCIA. 



Lepus Viscaccia. L. cauda dongata setosa. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



GmeL p. 160. 



Brownish Hare, with long bristly tail. 

 Vischacha. Nieremb. Hist. Nat. p. 161. 

 Viscaccia. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 106. 



THIS species is said to have the general appear- 

 ance of a Rabbet, but has a long bushy and 

 v. TI. P. i. 14 



