Lapin Sauvage d’Afrique Centrale vs Tickclover

Poelagus marjorita compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lapin Sauvage d’Afrique Centrale	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)	Fabaceae
Genus	Poelagus	Desmodium
Species	Poelagus marjorita	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Lapin Sauvage d’Afrique Centrale

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lapin Sauvage d’Afrique Centrale	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lapin Sauvage d’Afrique Centrale

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Lapin Sauvage d’Afrique Centrale

The Bunyoro Rabbit (Poelagus marjorita) is a species in the genus Poelagus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.