Jameson's red rock hare

Jameson's red rock hare, Pronolagus randensis, is a rabbit of the family Leporidae found in rocky habitats in Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique. It is rufous and brown-furred, nocturnal, 42 to 50 centimetres long and 1.82 to 2.95 kilograms in weight, slightly smaller than the largest red rock hare, the Natal red rock hare. The species is generally solitary when not breeding or grazing, feeds only at night, and is sometimes seen in small groups grazing on grasses and fresh shoots. Little is known about its mating behaviour. It is particularly abundant in the Matopos Hills of Zimbabwe and around sandstone formations in eastern Botswana, and remains of the species found in Gondolin Cave and rock shelters in the Brandberg Mountain area show that hunter-gatherers once caught it. The IUCN classifies it as least concern because it is abundant in the protected areas it overlaps, but its population is decreasing.