Order Lagomorpha
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
185
211
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Pronolagus randensis
Jameson 1907
Pronolagus randensis
Jameson 1907
,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 20: 404
.
Type Locality:
"Observatory Kopje...Johannesburg...Witwatersrand Range, Transvaal...
5,900 ft.
" [
1,798 m
] [
South Africa
].
Vernacular Names:
Jameson's Red Rock Hare
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Pronolagus randensis
subsp.
randensis
Jameson 1907
Subspecies
Pronolagus randensis
subsp.
caucinus
Thomas 1929
Subspecies
Pronolagus randensis
subsp.
whitei
Roberts 1938
Distribution:
Two disjunct areas: NE
South Africa
, E
Botswana
to extreme W
Mozambique
,
Zimbabwe
; and W
Namibia
, perhaps SW
Angola
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Formerly included in
crassicaudatus
by
Lundholm (1955
a
)
; but see
Petter (1972
b
: 6)
. The systematic position of the two widely disjunct populations needs clarification (
Duthie and Robinson, 1990
).