Lepus starcki Petter, 1963 . Mammalia, 27:239.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Jeldu-Liban-Shoa, 2,740 mètres, 40 km W. d'Addis-Abeba," [Ethiopia] .

DISTRIBUTION: C highlands of Ethiopia.

STATUS: Numerous within its restricted range (Flux and Angermann, 1990).

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: Formerly included in capensis (Petter, 1963a), or europaeus (Azzaroli-Puccetti 1987a, b); but see Angermann (1983) and Flux and Angermann (1990).