Pronolagus rupestris (A. Smith, 1834). S. Afr. Quart. J., 2:174. TYPE LOCALITY: " South Africa, rocky situations" [probably Van Rhynsdorp District, Cape Province, South Africa.]. DISTRIBUTION: Two disjunct areas: S and C South Africa, S Namibia; and E Africa, from N Malawi and E Zambia north through C Tanzania to SW Kenya. STATUS: Secure. SYNONYMS: australis Roberts, 1933; barretti Roberts, 1949; curryi (Thomas, 1902); fitzsimonsi Roberts, 1938; melanurus (Rüppell, 1842); mülleri Roberts, 1938; nyikae (Thomas, 1902); saundersiae (Hewitt, 1927); vallicola Kershaw, 1924. COMMENTS: Formerly included in crassicaudatus, see Gureev (1964:174) and Peddie (1975); see also Robinson and Dippenaar (1983a). The systematic relationships of the two widely disjunct populations should be examined (Duthie and Roberts, 1990).

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Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 807-827 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 823-824, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353088