| Name | Spring Hare |
| Scientific Name | Pedetes capensis |
| Average Weight Male | 4 kg |
| Average Weight Female | 3 kg |
| Head and Body - Male | 43 cm |
| Head and Body - Female | 40cm |
| Mating Season | Throughout the year |
The vernacular name of this creature is misleading, since the Spring Hare is in fact a rodent, and not a hare. Springhares are to some degree used as food by African people similarly as the common hare is still hunted all over the world.