Pronolagus crassicaudatus (I. Geoffroy 1832)

[Lepus] crassicaudatus I. Geoffroy 1832, Mag. Zool. Paris, 2: cl. 1, pl. 9 and text.

Type Locality: "Port Natal" [Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa].

Vernacular Names: Natal Red Rock Hare.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Pronolagus crassicaudatus subsp. crassicaudatus I. Geoffroy 1832

Subspecies Pronolagus crassicaudatus subsp. ruddi Thomas and Schwann 1905

Distribution: SE South Africa; extreme S Mozambique.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly included randensis, see Lundholm (1955 a). The relationship of crassicaudatus and randensis is unclear, see Petter (1972 b:6). Distribution allopatric to that of randensis, but sympatric in western half of range with rupestris .