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--> GENUS Bunolagus
SPECIES Bunolagus monticularis
Author: | Thomas, 1903. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 11: 78. | Common Name: | Riverine Rabbit | Type Locality: | "Deelfontein, Cape Colony," South Africa. | Distribution: | C Karoo (31E22'S, 22EE), Western Cape Prov. (South Africa). | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | 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 Dippenaar, 1987; Robinson and Skinner, 1983); its closest relatives are probably Pronolagus (Corbet, 1983). |
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