Bunolagus monticularis (Thomas, 1903)

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 813-814

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scientific name	Bunolagus monticularis (Thomas, 1903)
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Bunolagus monticularis (Thomas, 1903) View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 11:78.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Deelfontein, Cape Colony," South Africa .

DISTRIBUTION: C Karoo (31°22'S, 22°E), Cape Prov. ( South Africa).

STATUS: IUCN - Endangered. Now survives only in "dense, discontinuous karoid vegetation in the districts of Victoria West, Beaufort West and Frazerburg" (86km 2) ( Duthie and Robinson, 1990).

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Petter (1972b). Formerly in Lepus ( Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951) , but returned to Bunolagus by Angermann (1966). Karyological evidence supports the separation of Bunolagus (2n=44) from Lepus (2n=48) ( Robinson and Skinner, 1983; Robinson and Dippenaar, 1987); its closest relatives are probably Pronolagus ( Corbet, 1983) .