Pronolagus rupestris (A. Smith, 1834)

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 823-824

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scientific name

Pronolagus rupestris (A. Smith, 1834)
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Pronolagus rupestris (A. Smith, 1834) View in CoL . S. Afr. Quart. J., 2:174.

TYPE LOCALITY: " South Africa, rocky situations" [probably Van Rhynsdorp District, Cape Province, South Africa.] .

DISTRIBUTION: Two disjunct areas: S and C South Africa, S Namibia; and E Africa, from N Malawi and E Zambia north through C Tanzania to SW Kenya.

STATUS: Secure.

SYNONYMS: australis Roberts, 1933 ; barretti Roberts, 1949 ; curryi (Thomas, 1902); fitzsimonsi Roberts, 1938; melanurus (Rüppell, 1842); mülleri Roberts, 1938; nyikae (Thomas, 1902); saundersiae (Hewitt, 1927) ; vallicola Kershaw, 1924.

COMMENTS: Formerly included in crassicaudatus , see Gureev (1964:174) and Peddie (1975); see also Robinson and Dippenaar (1983a). The systematic relationships of the two widely disjunct populations should be examined (Duthie and Roberts, 1990).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Lagomorpha

Family

Leporidae

Genus

Pronolagus

Loc

Pronolagus rupestris (A. Smith, 1834)

Robert S. Hoffmann 1993
1993
Loc

Pronolagus rupestris (A. Smith, 1834)

A. Smith 1834: 174
1834
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