Photographed early morning in their Rooiels garden - from Willy and Martina Pienaar
Martina watched it eating blombos (Metalasia muricata) - perhaps because we dont have much grass for it! Pronolagus rupestris (Smith's red rock rabbit). Common names: Smith's red rock hare [English]; Smith-rooiklipkonyn, Smith se rooiklipkonyn, kliphaas [Afrikaans]; Smith-Rothase [German]; lièvre roux de Smith [French]; sungura ya mawe [Swahili] Pronolagus rupestris occurs on rocky slopes and the tops of rocky outcrops of mountains and hills, where grass or scrub vegetation occurs (Duthie and Robinson 1990; Matthee et al. 2004). The diet of P. rupestris consists of sprouting grasses (Duthie and Robinson 1990). Litter size is 1-2 young (Duthie and Robinson 1990). You can also see a film clip that was taken in Ceres in Sept 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBa_I6Lpg5U
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wessel
19/4/2019 07:51:14
hewitt's red rock rabbit find in this area.
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