Poelagus marjorita
– Lower Risk Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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LAGOMORPHA
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Family:
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LEPORIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Poelagus marjorita
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Species Authority:
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(St. Leger, 1929)
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Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Lagomorph Specialist Group
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Justification:
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A widespread species that does not appear to be in decline. Assessed as Least Concern.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Angola; Burundi; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Rwanda; Sudan; Uganda
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Habitat and Ecology
Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Lagomorph Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
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