|Scientific Name:||Pronolagus rupestris| |Species
Authority:||(A. Smith, 1834)| |Taxonomic Notes:||According to
Hoffmann and Smith (2005), there are four recognized subspecies:
Pronolagus rupestris curryi, P. r. nyikae, P. r. saundersiae,
and P. r. vallicola. P. saundersiae has recently been
distinguished as a good species. There has been some contention
as to the number of possible subspecies of P. rupestris;
however, until the biological and exact taxonomic status of
these clades is more clear, the treatment of Meester et al.
(1986) is provisionally upheld. Although the species occurs in
both southern Africa and east Africa, it is unlikely that there
is any gene flow between the two populations.| |Red List
Category & Criteria:||Least Concern ver 3.1|
|Assessor/s:||Smith, A.T. & Boyer, A.F.| |Reviewer/s:||Johnston,
C.H. and Smith, A.T. (Lagomorph Red List Authority)| Pronolagus
rupestris is a widespread species. Population size in South
Africa is greater than 10,000 mature individuals and this
species is com