the+scrub+hare

The scrub hare is very important to Kruger National Park, where it is most commonly found. You can easily identify it by its color and very long ears. The scrub hair is mostly a grizzled-grey color and has a white bottom. they also have tails, which is why they are so easy to spot in the tall grasses of their habitat. Their preferred habitat is scrub or tall grasses and the savannah. It is very unlikely to find them in forest areas Their usual habitat gives the scrub hare its name.

The scrub hare feeds mostly on short, green grasses, but during times of hardship scrub hares will also take leaves, stems and rhizomes of dried grass. They have many natural predators including birds of prey, caracal, jackal, and people. Also, the scrub hair is pretty solitary. Females may mate with several males in their lifetime. Their babies can be born from September to February but it is possible for them to have leverets throughout the year. Triplets are more common during rainy season.

Scrub hairs are also very well-known for running in front of cars at night, zigzagging as they run. this helps them from not being captured but other people think it is because specific things scare the hare into turning the other direction.

Latin name for scrub hare: Lepus Saxatilis