Sylvilagus dicei

W. P. Harris, 1932

Dice's Cottontail

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Harris, W.P., Jr. 1932. Four new mammals from Costa Rica. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 248:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56687

Original name as described

Sylvilagus dicei

Type material

UMMZ 64043

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"El Copey de Dota, in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica … 6000 feet [1829 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001130

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.

Sylvilagus dicei

W. P. Harris, 1932

Family

Leporidae

Root name

dicei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 64043

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21209/45180947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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