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Rooiels Field Notes

Smith's red rock rabbit

18/12/2016

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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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