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SPECIES Pronolagus crassicaudatus
Author: | I. Geoffroy, 1832. | Citation: | Mag. Zool. Paris, 2: cl. 1, pl. 9 and text. | Common Name: | Natal Red Rock Hare | Type Locality: | "Port Natal" [Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]. | Distribution: | SE South Africa; extreme S Mozambique. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Formerly included randensis, see Lundholm (1955a). The relationship of crassicaudatus and randensis is unclear, see Petter (1972b:6). Distribution allopatric to that of randensis, but sympatric in western half of range with rupestris. |
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