Pronolagus rupestris (A. Smith 1834)

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Pronolagus rupestris (A. Smith 1834)

[Lepus] rupestris A. Smith 1834 , South African Quart. J., 2: 174.

Type Locality: " South Africa, rocky situations" [probably Van Rhynsdorp District, Western Cape Prov., South Africa].

Vernacular Names: Smith's Red Rock Hare.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pronolagus rupestris subsp. rupestris A. Smith 1834

Subspecies Pronolagus rupestris subsp. curryi Thomas 1902

Subspecies Pronolagus rupestris subsp. nyikae Thomas 1902

Subspecies Pronolagus rupestris subsp. saundersiae Hewitt 1927

Subspecies Pronolagus rupestris subsp. vallicola Kershaw 1924

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.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

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