Hewitt's red rock hare
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Pronolagus |
| Species: | P. saundersiae
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| Pronolagus saundersiae | |
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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
12S rRNA.[8]
Taxonomic history
This species was named by
He described this taxon based and skulls from Albany district, collected by Enid Saunders and Frank Bowker; the species is named after Saunders.[12]
It was later classified as a subspecies of Pronolagus rupestris by various zoologists,[13] including Ellerman, Morrison-Scott and Hayman,[10] as well as Hoffman and Smith for the third edition of Mammal Species of the World.[6]
Works which list it as its own species include: the IUCN Red List,[1] Mammals of Africa,[7] and Jonathan Kingdon's field guide.[14]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Hewitt 1927, pp. 434–437, Pl. 26, fig. 2.
- .
- ^ Hewitt 1927, pp. 437–439, Pl. 26, fig. 1, Pl. 27, fig. 7.
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- ^ OCLC 62265494.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4081-8992-4.
- .
- ISBN 9780801895333.
- ^ a b 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.
- ISBN 0907990061.
- ^ Hewitt 1927, pp. 434–435.
- ISBN 2-8317-0019-1.
- ISBN 978-1-4729-1236-7.
Works cited
- Hewitt, John (1927). "On several new Rodents in the Albany Museum". Records of the Albany Museum. 3 (5): 430–440; Plates 26, 27.
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Further reading
- Matthee, Conrad A.; Robinson, Terence J. (1996). "Mitochondrial DNA differentiation among geographical populations of Pronolagus rupestris, Smith's red rock rabbit (Mammalia: Lagomorpha)". Heredity. 76 (5): 514–523. PMID 8666547.
- Collins, K. (2005). "Order Lagomorpha". In Skinner, John D.; Chimimba, Christian T. (eds.). The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780521844185.