West Sahara hare

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

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| genus = Lepus

| species = saharae

| authority = Soria-Boix, Donat-Torres, Idrissi, & Urios, 2019

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The west Sahara hare (Lepus saharae) is a species of hare native to Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, and Senegal, as well as possibly Niger, and Burkina Faso.{{cite mdd |genus=Lepus |species=saharae |id=1006762}}{{cite journal |last1=Soria-Boix |first1=C. |last2=Donat-Torres |first2=M. P. |last3=Rguibi Idrissi |first3=H. |last4=Urios |first4=V. |year=2019 |title=Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwestern Africa; The problem of cryptic species and the description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.) |journal=Evolutionary Ecology Research |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=537–555 |hdl=10251/167876 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345776861}}