Smith's red rock hare

Smith'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. rupestris
Binomial name
Pronolagus rupestris
(A. Smith, 1834)[2]
Subspecies[3]
  • P. r. curryi Thomas, 1902
  • P. r. nyikae Thomas, 1902
  • P. r. rupestris Smith, 1834
  • P. r. saundersiae Hewitt, 1927
  • P. r. vallicola Kershaw, 1924
Smith's red rock hare range
Synonyms[3]
  • barretti Roberts, 1949
  • bowkeri Hewitt, 1927
  • australis Roberts, 1933
  • melanuris Ruppel, 1842
  • mulleri Roberts, 1938

Smith's red rockhare,[4][1] Smith's red rock hare[1] or Smith's red rock rabbit[5] (Pronolagus rupestris) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae (rabbits and hares), and is the smallest member of the genus Pronolagus. The upperparts and gular collar are reddish brown in colour. It has warm, brown, grizzled, thicker hairs at the back of the body, and white to tawny, thinner underfur. It is native to Africa, found in parts of Kenya (Rift Valley), Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa (Northern Cape, Free State, and North West), Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is a folivore, and usually forages on grasses (such as sprouting grass), shrubs and herbs. It breeds from September to February, and the female litters one or two offspring. The young leave the nest at three years of age. In 1996, it was rated as a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.

  1. ^ a b c Child, M.F.; Matthee, C.M.; Robinson, T.J. (2019). "Pronolagus rupestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T41295A45190415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T41295A45190415.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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  5. ^ Matthee, Conrad A.; Robinson, Terrence J. (1996). "Mitochondrial DNA differentiation among geographical populations of Pronolagus rupestris, Smith's red rock rabbit (Mammalia: Lagomorpha)". Heredity. 76 (5): 514–523. doi:10.1038/hdy.1996.74. PMID 8666547.