NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



Family : Octodontid^ 

 (The Cane Rat, Rock Rat, Gundi, Degu, Coypu, etc.) 



South African species page 



I. Petromys typicus, A. Smith. The Rock Rat . .170 



I. Thryonomys siainderenianus, Temm. The Cane Rat . 172 



Division : HYSTRICOMORPHA 



Family : Hystricid^ 



{Porcupines) 

 South African species 

 I. Hystrix africte-australis. Pet. South African Porcupine 178 



Sub-order : Duplicidentata 

 Family : Leporid^ 

 (Hares and Rabbits) 

 South African species 



1. Lepus capensis typicus, Linn. The Cape Hare . .189 



2. Lepus capensis centralis, Thos. 



3. Lepus capensis granti, Thos. and Schw. 



4. Lepus capensis aquilo, Thos. and Wrought. 



5. Lepus saxatilis typicus, Cuv. The Rock Hare . . 197 



6. Lepus saxatilis megalotis, Thos. and Schw. 



7. Lepus zuluensis typicus, Thos. and Schw. The Zululand 



Hare. 



8. Lepus zuluensis micklemi, Chubb. 



9. Lepus zuluensis subrufus, Roberts. 



10. Lepus gungunyante, Roberts. 



11. Lepus monticularis, Thos. 



12. Lepus ochropus, Wagn. 



13. Lepus ochropus kalaharicus, Dollman. 



1. Pronolagus crassicaudatus typicus, GeoflF. The Red Hare 199 



2. Pronolagus crassicaudatus curryi, Thos. Curry's Red 



Hare. 



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