Bunolagus monticularis (Thomas, 1903) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 11:78.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Deelfontein, Cape Colony," South Africa .

DISTRIBUTION: C Karoo (31°22'S, 22°E), Cape Prov. (South Africa).

STATUS: IUCN - Endangered. Now survives only in "dense, discontinuous karoid vegetation in the districts of Victoria West, Beaufort West and Frazerburg" (86km 2) (Duthie and Robinson, 1990).

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Petter (1972b). Formerly in Lepus (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951), but returned to Bunolagus by Angermann (1966). Karyological evidence supports the separation of Bunolagus (2n=44) from Lepus (2n=48) (Robinson and Skinner, 1983; Robinson and Dippenaar, 1987); its closest relatives are probably Pronolagus (Corbet, 1983) .