Sylvilagus gabbi

(J. A. Allen, 1877)

Central American Tapeti

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1877. Leporidae. Pp. 265–378 in Coues, E. and Allen, J.A. (eds.). Monographs of the North American Rodentia. United States Geological Survey of the Territories, 940 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001139

Original name as described

Lepus brasiliensis var. gabbi

Other common names

Central American Forest Rabbit · Tropical Cottontail

Type material

USNM:MAMM:11371 (= USNM:MAMM:A37794)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/328380474-edf5-4bce-9460-b2fab499055c

Type locality

"Talamanca [= Sipurio, Río Sixaola, near Caribbean coast], Costa Rica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama

Taxonomy notes

split from S. brasiliensis and previously included S. incitatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruedas, L.A., Salazar-Bravo, J. 2007. Morphological and chromosomal taxonomic assessment of Sylvilagus brasiliensis gabbi (Leboridae). Mammalia: 63-69. · Ruedas, LA, Silva, SM, French, JH, Platt, RN, Salazar-Bravo, J., Mora, JM, & Thompson, CW (2019). Taxonomy of the Sylvilagus brasiliensis complex in Central and South America (Lagomorpha: Leporidae). Journal of Mammalogy , 100 (5), 1599-1630.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001133

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 gabbi tumacus

(J. A. Allen, 1908)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

tumacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-28409

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-28409

Authority page

649

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046486

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sylvilagus gabbi consobrinus

H. E. Anthony, 1917

Family

Leporidae

Root name

consobrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-36793

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-36793

Authority page

335

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lepus brasiliensis var. gabbi

(J. A. Allen, 1877)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

gabbi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:11371 (= USNM:MAMM:A37794)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/328380474-edf5-4bce-9460-b2fab499055c

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001139

Authority publication

book

Name usages

True (1885:602, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Sylvilagus gabbi messorius

E. A. Goldman, 1912

Family

Leporidae

Root name

messorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:179569

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a01b1f28-e796-44a3-89ea-358fa7a99e77

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910347

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Lepus truei

(J. A. Allen, 1890)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

truei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:6357 (= USNM:MAMM:A34878)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38f79a576-6a7c-43ab-b0c7-1e0551b33630

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Lepus (Tapeti) gabbi

(Bangs, 1902)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

gabbi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199030

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Bangs (1902:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)

Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) gabbi

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

gabbi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

336

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Goodwin (1946:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87491157/87491160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) truei

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

truei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

336

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Lyon (1904:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)

Sylvilagus gabbi gabbi

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Leporidae

Root name

gabbi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

358

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sylvilagus brasiliensis gabbi

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

gabbi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sylvilagus brasiliensis truei

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Leporidae

Root name

truei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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