Hewitt's red rock hare
| Hewitt's red rock hare | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Pronolagus |
| Species: | P. saundersiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pronolagus saundersiae (Hewitt, 1927) | |
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| Hewitt Red Rock Hare range | |
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The Hewitt's red rock hare (Pronolagus saundersiae) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.[2][3]
It had previously been classified as a subspecies of Pronolagus rupestris, but is now regarded as its own species due to differences in morphology and genetic differences in cytochrome b, and 12S rRNA.[4]
Taxonomic history
This species was named by John Hewitt (1880–1961), who was the director of the Albany Museum, South Africa.[5] Hewitt originally described this taxon as a subspecies of Pronolagus crassicaudatus in his 1927 description.[2] Its type locality was Grahamstown.[6][7]
It was later classified as a subspecies of Pronolagus rupestris by various zoologists,[8] including Ellerman and Morrison-Scott.[6]
Works which list it as its own species include Mammals of Africa.[2]
References
- 1 2 Smith, A. T.; Johnston, C. H. (2008). "Pronolagus saundersiae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136713A4330583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136713A4330583.en.
- 1 2 3 Happold, D. C. D. (2013). "Pronolagus saundersiae Hewitt's Red Rock-hare". In Happold, David C. D. Rodents, Hares and Rabbits. Mammals of Africa. 3. London: Bloomsbury. p. 717. ISBN 978-1-4081-8992-4.
- ↑ Collins, K. (2005). "Order Lagomorpha". In Skinner, John D.; Chimimba, Christian T. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 73. doi:10.1017/CBO9781107340992.013.
- ↑ Robinson, T. J.; 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): 241. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00073.x.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael, eds. (2009). "Hewitt". The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780801895333.
- 1 2 Ellerman, J. R.; Morrison-Scott, T. C. S.; Hayman, R. W. (1953). "Lagomorpha — Leporidae". Southern African Mammals 1758 to 1951: A Reclassification. London: Tonbridge. p. 221.
- ↑ Meester, J. A. J.; Rautenbach, I. L.; Dippenaar, N. J.; Baker, C. M. (1986). "Order Lagomorpha". Classification of Southern African Mammals. Transvaal Museum Monographs. 5. Transvaal Museum. pp. 298–307. ISBN 0907990061. hdl:10520/AJA090799001_112
. - ↑ Duthie, A. G.; Robinson, T. J. (1990). "The African Rabbits". In Chapman, Joseph A.; Flux, John E. C. Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. pp. 121–127. ISBN 2-8317-0019-1.