Sylvilagus floridanus
(J. A. Allen, 1890)
Eastern Cottontail
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Lagomorpha |
| Family | : Leporidae |
| Genus | : Sylvilagus |
Species status
Authority citation
Allen, J.A. 1890-10. Descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies of the genus Lepus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3(8):159-160.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2246/582Original name as described
Lepus sylvaticus floridanus
Other common names
Florida Cottontail
Type material
AMNH MO-1155, AMNH MS-1890
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Sebastian River, Brevard Co., Fla. [Florida]," USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Canada · United States · Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Colombia · Venezuela
Subregion distribution
USA(IL,NC,MN,KS,TN,NH,VA,ND,KY,MO,AL,WY,MA,NV,FL,SD,OR,IA,PA,GA,MI,OH,NY,NE,MS,RI,WV,OK,AR,IN,DE,SC,DC,MT,WI,TX,MD,ME,CO,LA,VT,WA,NJ)
Taxonomy notes
previously included S. holzneri, S. hondurensis, and S. yucatanicus; the South American populations generally included under S. floridanus are tentatively retained under this species here, although they have yet to be reviewed taxonomically
Taxonomy notes citation
Diersing, V. E., & Wilson, D. E. (2021). Systematics of the mountain-inhabiting cottontails (Sylvilagus) from southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Leporidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 134(1), 42-79. · Ruedas, L. A., López, L. I., & Mora, J. M. (2023). A propaedeutic to the taxonomy of the Eastern cottontail rabbit (Lagomorpha: Leporidae: Sylvilagus floridanus) from Central America. Therya, 14(1), 99-119.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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