Template:Did you know nominations/Jameson's red rock hare

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:38, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Jameson's red rock hare

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Pronolagus randensis

• ... that Jameson's red rock hare (pictured) prefers shoots just after a brush fire?

• Source: Johnston, Charlotte H. (2018). "Pronolagus randensis Jameson, 1907 Jameson's Red Rock Hare". In Smith, Andrew T.; Johnston, Charlotte H.; Alves, Paulo C.; Hackländer, Klaus (eds.). Lagomorphs: Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 110–111. doi:10.1353/book.57193. ISBN 978-1-4214-2341-8. LCCN 2017004268. It grazes on grasses and is partial to fresh shoots after a fire.

• ALT1: ... that Jameson's red rock hare (pictured) once had ten recognized subspecies, but now has none? Source: Sen, S.; Pickford, M. (2022). "Red Rock Hares (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) past and present in southern Africa, and a new species of Pronolagus from the early Pleistocene of Angola" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 24: 79. According to Petter (1971), P. randensis is diverse with ten subspecies, [...], Johnston, Charlotte H. (2018). "Pronolagus randensis Jameson, 1907 Jameson's Red Rock Hare". In Smith, Andrew T.; Johnston, Charlotte H.; Alves, Paulo C.; Hackländer, Klaus (eds.). Lagomorphs: Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 110–111. doi:10.1353/book.57193. ISBN 978-1-4214-2341-8. LCCN 2017004268. No subspecies; [...] four subspecies were previously recognized, but a mtDNA analysis showed no variation among six S African locations spanning these forms.
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Improved to Good Article status by Reconrabbit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Reconrabbit 18:11, 13 February 2025 (UTC).

• This article, promoted to GA on 12 Feb, is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, and presentable. QPQ done. Both hooks in body, cited, and citations check out. I prefer ALT1. Thanks for this good article, Reconrabbit. Good to go. Tenpop421 (talk) 19:45, 26 February 2025 (UTC)