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 Lepus saxatilis F. Cuvier, 1823 . Diet. Sci. Nat., 26:309 . TYPE LOCALITY: "il habite les contrées qui se trouvent à trois journées au nord du cap de Bonne-Espérance," [ Cape of Good Hope, South Africa ]. DISTRIBUTION: Cape Province (and Zululand north to C Natal?) ( South Africa ) and S Namibia . STATUS: Appears common ( Flux and Angermann, 1990 ), but this is uncertain (Angermann, in litt., 1992). SYNONYMS: albaniensis Roberts, 1932; aurantii Thomas and Hinton, 1923 ; bechuanae Roberts, 1932; chiversi Roberts, 1929 ; chobiensis Roberts, 1932; damarensis Roberts, 1926; fumigatus Wagner, 1844; gungunyanae Roberts, 1914; khanensis Roberts, 1946 ; longicaudatus Gray, 1837 ; megalotis Thomas and Schwann, 1905 ; ngamiensis Roberts, 1932; nigrescens Roberts, 1932; orangensis Kolbe, 1948; rufinucha A. Smith, 1829; subrufus Roberts, 1913 ; timidus A. Smith, 1826 . COMMENTS: Placed by Gureev (1964:203) in subgenus Proeulagus . Formerly included crawshayi and whytei, see Ansell (1978:67) , Swanepoel et al. (1980:159) , and Robinson and Dippenaar (1983 b, 1987 ); but see also Petter (1961, 1972b). Angermann (1983) considered whytei a distinct species that includes crawshayi ; Flux and Angermann (1990) placed both as subspecies of victoriae . Angermann (in litt., 1992) would restrict saxatilis to the following taxa: albaniensis, aurantii, chiversi, fumigatus, longicaudatus, megalotis, rufinucha, and timidus ; transfering the remainder to victoriae .