Pronolagus crassicaudatus (I. Geoffroy, 1832) . Mag. Zool. Paris, 2:cl. 1, pl. 9 and text.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Port Natal" [Durban, Natal, South Africa].

DISTRIBUTION: SE South Africa; extreme S Mozambique.

STATUS: Secure (Duthie and Robinson, 1990).

SYNONYMS: bowkeri Hewitt, 1927; kariegae Hewitt, 1927; lebombo Roberts, 1936; ruddi Thomas and Schwann, 1905.

COMMENTS: Formerly included randensis, see Lundholm (1955a). The relationship of crassicaudatus and randensis is unclear, see Petter (1972b:6). Distribution allopatric to that of randensis, but sympatric in western half of range with rupestris .