Pronolagus rupestris
(A. Smith, 1834)
Smith's 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
Smith, A. 1834. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)2(3):169-192.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968292Original name as described
Lepus rupestris
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.3.8
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b98a8d9-b9f3-4d95-8a9e-c21cd27e07e4Type locality
"South Africa, rocky situations." Refined by R. S. Hoffman and A. T. Smith in 2005 to "probably Van Rhynsdorp District, Western Cape Province, South Africa."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Kenya · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Namibia · South Africa
Taxonomy notes
previously included P. saundersiae
Taxonomy notes citation
Robinson, T. J. and Matthee, C. A. (2005). Phylogeny and evolutionary origins of the Leporidae: a review of cytogenetics, molecular analyses and a supermatrix analysis. Mammal Review. 35 (3–4): 241.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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