Pronolagus saundersiae

Hewitt, 1927

Hewitt'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

Authority citation

Records Albany Mus., 3: 434, pl. 26, f. 2, 31 July 1927

Original name as described

Pronolagus crassicaudatus saundersiae

Type material

AMG (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Albany District," Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini

Taxonomy notes

split from P. rupestris

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001119

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 crassicaudatus saundersiae

Hewitt, 1927

Family

Leporidae

Root name

saundersiae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMG (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

434

Authority publication

Records of the Albany Museum

Pronolagus barretti

A. Roberts, 1949

Family

Leporidae

Root name

barretti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10014

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Pronolagus rupestris saundersiae

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

Family

Leporidae

Root name

saundersiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Pronolagus saundersiae

D. C. D. Happold, 2013

Family

Leporidae

Root name

saundersiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

717

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Happold (2013:717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136713/45194657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus bowkeri

Hewitt, 1927

Family

Leporidae

Root name

bowkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

437

Authority publication

Records of the Albany Museum

Name usages

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

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