Romerolagus diazi

(Ferrari-Pérez, 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

Ferrari Perez, 1893. in Díaz, Cat. Com. Geog. Expl. Rep. Mexicana . . ., pl. 42.

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.

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. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Romerolagus diazi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Leporidae

Root name

diazi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Lepus diazi

(Ferrari-Pérez, 1893)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

diazi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 42

Authority publication

book

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