Red rock hare
| Pronolagus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Pronolagus Lyon, 1904[1] |
| Species | |
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The red rock hares are the four species in the genus Pronolagus.[1] They are African lagomorphs of the family Leporidae.
This genus contains the following species:
- Natal red rock hare, Pronolagus crassicaudatus
- Jameson's red rock hare, Pronolagus randensis
- Smith's red rock hare, Pronolagus rupestris
- Hewitt's red rock hare, Pronolagus saundersiae (used to be included in Pronolagus rupestris)
References
- 1 2 Hoffman, R.S.; Smith, A.T. (2005). "Genus Pronolagus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 206–207. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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