Pronolagus rupestris

(A. Smith, 1834)

Smith'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

Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, A. 1834. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)2(3):169-192.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968292

Original name as described

Lepus rupestris

Other common names

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.3.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b98a8d9-b9f3-4d95-8a9e-c21cd27e07e4

Type locality

"South Africa, rocky situations." Refined by R. S. Hoffman and A. T. Smith in 2005 to "probably Van Rhynsdorp District, Western Cape Province, South Africa."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Namibia · South Africa

Subregion distribution

Distribution notes

Distribution references

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. saundersiae

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/1001118

Country distribution map

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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: 17 names and synonyms.

Lepus rupestris

(A. Smith, 1834)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.3.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b98a8d9-b9f3-4d95-8a9e-c21cd27e07e4

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968292

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Lepus melanurus

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4315

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886800

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

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

Oryctolagus crassicaudatus Curryi

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

curryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.6.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/79f69b2a-4243-4f7c-92c2-4a8436e65125

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339048

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1902:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16472)

Trouessart (1904:535, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Oryctolagus crassicaudatus nyikæ

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nyikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.254

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7e16da6f-776a-48ab-bf7d-959ec2a4d803

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339047

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1902:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16472)

Trouessart (1904:535, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus curryi

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

curryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)

Roberts (1913:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Allen (1939:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus nyikæ

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nyikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)

Allen (1939:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus melanurus

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Leporidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Shortridge (1942:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus vallicola

P. S. Kershaw, 1924

Family

Leporidae

Root name

vallicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.5.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/34a66727-dd18-44b9-b803-51e68c9bd6f9

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus rupestris

O. Thomas, 1929

Family

Leporidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1929:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)

Shortridge (1934:353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Shortridge (1942:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)

Pronolagus crassicaudatus australis

A. Roberts, 1933

Family

Leporidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6975

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Authority page

270

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Allen (1939:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Shortridge (1942:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40889005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)

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

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Pronolagus crassicaudatus mulleri

A. Roberts, 1938

Family

Leporidae

Root name

mulleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2158

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Pronolagus rupestris

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Leporidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Corbet & Hill (1991:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Hoffmann (1993:823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)

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

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Happold (2013:715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)

Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41295/45190415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pronolagus rupestris curryi

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

curryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

mülleri

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

muelleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Pronolagus rupestris nyikae

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nyikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Pronolagus rupestris rupestris

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Pronolagus rupestris vallicola

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

vallicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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