Hewitt's red rock hare | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Lagomorpha |
Family: | Leporidae |
Genus: | Pronolagus |
Species: | P. saundersiae
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Binomial name | |
Pronolagus saundersiae | |
Hewitt Red Rock Hare range | |
Synonyms [6] [7] | |
The Hewitt's red rock hare (Pronolagus saundersiae) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. 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. [8]
This species was named by John Hewitt (1880–1961), who was the director of the Albany Museum, South Africa. [9] Hewitt originally described this taxon as a subspecies of Pronolagus crassicaudatus in his 1927 description. [7] Its type locality was Grahamstown. [10] [11]
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]
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Hewitt's red rock hare | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Lagomorpha |
Family: | Leporidae |
Genus: | Pronolagus |
Species: | P. saundersiae
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Binomial name | |
Pronolagus saundersiae | |
Hewitt Red Rock Hare range | |
Synonyms [6] [7] | |
The Hewitt's red rock hare (Pronolagus saundersiae) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. 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. [8]
This species was named by John Hewitt (1880–1961), who was the director of the Albany Museum, South Africa. [9] Hewitt originally described this taxon as a subspecies of Pronolagus crassicaudatus in his 1927 description. [7] Its type locality was Grahamstown. [10] [11]
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]
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