Pronolagus crassicaudatus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832)

Natal Red Rock Hare

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Genus : Pronolagus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1832. Lièvre. _Lepus._ Linn. Magasin de zoologie 2(6):1-8.

Original name as described

Lepus crassicaudatus

Other common names

Greater Red Rock Hare

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1992-2005

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1992-2005

Type locality

"Port Natal [= Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa · Lesotho · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001116

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pronolagus ruddi

O. Thomas & Schwann, 1905

Family

Leporidae

Root name

ruddi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.5.1.78

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/79f390d1-b78f-4a61-8622-8b5a7887d5fc

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856919

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Roberts (1913:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Lepus crassicaudatus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1992-2005

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1992-2005

Authority page

unnumbered (p. 5)

Authority publication

Magasin de zoologie

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Thomas (1898:938, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  3. Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Roberts (1913:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Roberts (1913:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:601, 602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  7. Happold (2013:713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41293/45190100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepus ruddi

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

ruddi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

468

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus crassicaudatus

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus ruddi

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

ruddi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Pronolagus ruddi kariegae

Hewitt, 1927

Family

Leporidae

Root name

kariegae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

433

Authority publication

Records of the Albany Museum

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Pronolagus ruddi lebombo

A. Roberts, 1936

Family

Leporidae

Root name

lebombo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

240

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Pronolagus ruddi lebomboensis

A. Roberts, 1936

Family

Leporidae

Root name

lebomboensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

173

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

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