Order Lagomorpha Author Robert S. Hoffmann text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 807 827 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353088 1-56098-217-9 7353088 Bunolagus monticularis (Thomas, 1903) . 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 ) .