Lepus altamirae
E. W. Nelson, 1904
Tamaulipas Jackrabbit
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Lagomorpha |
| Family | : Leporidae |
| Genus | : Lepus |
| Subgenus | : incertae sedis |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Nelson, E.W. 1904-05-18. Descriptions of seven new rabbits from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:103-110.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345494Original name as described
Lepus merriami altamirae
Type material
USNM:MAMM:93691
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c3a01e90-4521-4e1b-b580-f3b56aa4c0a7Type locality
coastal plain of S Tamaulipas, extreme N Veracruz and E border of San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
split from L. californicus
Taxonomy notes citation
Vargas, K., Brown, D., Wisely, E., & Culver, M. (2019). Reinstatement of the Tamaulipas white-sided jackrabbit, Lepus altamirae, based on DNA sequence data. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 90, e902520.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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