Romerolagus diazi

(Ferrari-Pérez in A. Díaz, 1893)

Volcano Rabbit

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Genus : Romerolagus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Díaz, A. 1893-03. Comisión geográfico-exploradora de la República Mexicana. Catálogo de los objetos que componen el contingente de la Comisión precedido de algunas notas sobre su organización y trabajos. Comisión Geográfico-Exploradora, Xalapa, 24 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925666

Original name as described

Lepus diazi

Type locality

"near San Martín Texmelusán, northeastern slope of Volcán Iztaccíhuatl [Ixtaccíhuatl, Puebla], Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001120

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lepus diazi

(Ferrari-Pérez in A. Díaz, 1893)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

diazi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925666

Authority publication

Xalapa

Romerolagus nelsoni

C. H. Merriam, 1896

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:57949

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e0ab6ce4-f081-4434-a1e1-1d33dd0184c8

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10206115

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Nelson (1909:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14929)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Romerolagus diazi

G. S. Miller, 1911

Family

Leporidae

Root name

diazi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779569

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Miller (1911:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15583)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Hoffmann (1993:824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
  6. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19742/45180356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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