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Smith's red rock hare

Pronolagus rupestris (A. Smith, 1834)

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The smith's red rock hare (Pronolagus rupestris) is a species in the family Leporidae, order Lagomorpha. Recorded adults weigh 1.75 kg to 2.1 kg and live up to 2.08 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Smith's red rock hare (Pronolagus rupestris)
Photo: Kevin Murray · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the smith's red rock hare

Weight
1.75 kg – 2.1 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2.08 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the smith's red rock hare live?

Not recorded

What is the smith's red rock hare?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Smith's red rockhare, Smith's red rock hare or Smith's red rock rabbit (Pronolagus rupestris) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae (rabbits and hares), and is the smallest member of the genus Pronolagus. The upperparts and gular collar are reddish brown in colour. It has warm, brown, grizzled, thicker hairs at the back of the body, and white to tawny, thinner underfur. It is native to Africa, found in parts of Kenya (Rift Valley), Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa (Northern Cape, Free State, and North West), Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is a folivore, and usually forages on grasses (such as sprouting grass), shrubs and herbs. It breeds from September to February, and the female litters one or two offspring. The young leave the nest at three years of age. In 1996, it was rated as a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.

From the Wikipedia article “Smith's red rock hare” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smith%27s_red_rock_hare&oldid=1315346847), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the smith's red rock hare endangered?

The smith's red rock hare is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the smith's red rock hare classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderLagomorpha
  5. familyLeporidae
  6. genusPronolagus
  7. SpeciesPronolagus rupestris (A. Smith, 1834)

Synonyms Lepus rupestris, Pronolagus curryi, Pronolagus fitzsimonsi, Pronolagus melanurus, Pronolagus mülleri, Pronolagus nyikae, Pronolagus rupestris curryi, Pronolagus rupestris melanurus, Pronolagus rupestris mulleri, Pronolagus rupestris nyikae, Pronolagus rupestris rupestris, Pronolagus rupestris vallicola, Pronolagus vallicola

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Smith s red rock hareEnglish
  • Smith's red rock rabbitEnglish
  • Smith's red rockhareEnglish
  • Smith's red rockhareEnglish
  • Smith’s red rock hareEnglish
  • Smiths red RockrabbitEnglish
  • Smith se RooiklipkonynAfrikaans
  • králík rudonohýCzech
  • RotkaninchenGerman
  • Ερυθροβραχόλαγος του ΣμιθGreek
  • kivikkopunakaniiniFinnish
  • ארנבת סמית' אדומהHebrew
  • スミスアカウサギJapanese
  • 스미스붉은바위토끼Korean
  • SmithrødkaninNorwegian Bokmål
  • Smiths RotshaasDutch
  • skaliczek rudonogiPolish
  • Lebre-vermelha-de-smithPortuguese
  • Iepure roșu al lui SmithRomanian
  • Кролик СмитаRussian
  • 紅兔Chinese

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Relatives of the smith's red rock hare

Other species in the same genus Pronolagus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the smith's red rock hare?

An adult smith's red rock hare weighs 1.75 kg – 2.1 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the smith's red rock hare endangered?

The smith's red rock hare is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the smith's red rock hare live?

The smith's red rock hare has a recorded lifespan of 2.08 years.

What kind of animal is the smith's red rock hare?

The smith's red rock hare (Pronolagus rupestris) belongs to the family Leporidae in the order Lagomorpha.

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BibTeX
@misc{smiths_red_rock_hare_2026,
  title = {Smith's red rock hare (Pronolagus rupestris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/smiths-red-rock-hare},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}