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Springhare
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The fore-legs of the Springhare are short, the hind-legs very long and powerful. The colour varies from a light fawnish-brown to yellow-brown. The chin is white and the lower parts off-white.

 


Suborder: Anomaluromorpha (scaly-tailed squirrels and springhares)
Suborder: Castorimorpha (beavers, gophers, kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives)
Suborder: Hystricomorpha (hystricognath rodents) ...

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crocuta was observed eating a wide variety of items including wildebeest, zebra, Thompson's gazelle, Grant's gazelle, topi, kongoni, waterbuck, eland, Cape buffalo, impala, Warthog, hare, springhare, ostrich eggs, bat-eared fox, golden jackal, ...

Family Anomaluridae: scaly-tailed squirrels
Family Pedetidae: springhares
Suborder Castorimorpha
Superfamily Castoroidea ...

To do this, cheetahs often sit on a termite mound or tree limb to scan the countryside. Though they like gazelles best, cheetahs also keep an eye out for impalas, springhares, birds, and the young of warthogs, kudu, hartebeest, and other mammals.

See also: Burro, Kangaroo, Mice, Diver, Echidna