Hewitt's red rock hare

Hewitt's red rock hare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Pronolagus
Species:
P. saundersiae
Binomial name
Pronolagus saundersiae
Hewitt, 1927[2]
Hewitt Red Rock Hare range
Synonyms[6][7]
  • Pronolagus barretti Roberts, 1949[3]
  • Pronolagus bowkeri Hewitt, 1927[4]
  • Pronolagus australis Roberts, 1933[5]

The Hewitt's red rock hare (Pronolagus saundersiae) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It had previously been classified as a subspecies of Pronolagus rupestris, but is now regarded as its own species due to differences in morphology and genetic differences in cytochrome b, and 12S rRNA.[8]

  1. ^ Robinson, T.J.; Child, M.F.; Matthee, C.M. (2019). "Pronolagus saundersiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136713A45194657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136713A45194657.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hewitt 1927, pp. 434–437, Pl. 26, fig. 2.
  3. ^ Roberts, Austen (1949). "A New Pronolagus from Natal". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 21 (1): 179–180. hdl:10520/AJA00411752_472.
  4. ^ Hewitt 1927, pp. 437–439, Pl. 26, fig. 1, Pl. 27, fig. 7.
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