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

Hewitt, J. 1927-07-31. On several new rodents in the Albany Museum. Records of the Albany Museum 3(5):430-440.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924056331477?urlappend=%3Bseq=494%3Bownerid=120241092-498

Original name as described

Pronolagus crassicaudatus saundersiae

Type material

AMG (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Albany District, " Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Eswatini · Lesotho · South Africa

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):231-247. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00073.x

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001119

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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.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Pronolagus crassicaudatus bowkeri

Hewitt, 1927

Family

Leporidae

Root name

bowkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMG (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Gaika's Kop, Amatola mountains

Type locality

South Africa: Eastern Cape.

Authority page

437

Authority publication

Records of the Albany Museum

Name usages

Hewitt (1927:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69117)
Allen (1939:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus saundersiae

Hewitt, 1927

Family

Leporidae

Root name

saundersiae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMG (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

two localities in the Albany district—from farm "Hounslow, " ... from 'Mountain Top'

Type locality

South Africa: Eastern Cape.

Authority page

434

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924056331477?urlappend=%3Bseq=494%3Bownerid=120241092-498

Authority publication

Records of the Albany Museum

Name usages

Hewitt (1927:434, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924056331477?urlappend=%3Bseq=494%3Bownerid=120241092-498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69117)
Allen (1939:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Pronolagus barretti

A. Roberts, 1949

Family

Leporidae

Root name

barretti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10014

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

near Matiwane, Ladysmith, Natal

Type locality

South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal.

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Pronolagus rupestris barretti:

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953

Family

Leporidae

Root name

barretti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

222

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)

Pronolagus rupestris saundersiae:

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953

Family

Leporidae

Root name

saundersiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
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

London

Name usages

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

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