Sylvilagus graysoni

(J. A. Allen, 1877)

Tres Marías 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

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/16001137

Original name as described

Lepus graysoni

Other common names

Tres Marias Rabbit · Tres Marias Cottontail

Type material

USNM:MAMM:8318

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c8814c17-49e6-4532-b4ec-fa24a0b01365

Type locality

"Tres Marias Islands." Restricted by E. W. Nelson in 1899 to "undoubtedly from Maria Madre [Island]," Nayarit, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001134

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 graysoni badistes

Diersing & D. E. Wilson, 1980

Family

Leporidae

Root name

badistes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:512550

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bf9f9e6b-4f04-460a-880a-f3225a0b8edd

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

Name usages

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

Lepus graysoni

(J. A. Allen, 1877)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

graysoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:8318

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c8814c17-49e6-4532-b4ec-fa24a0b01365

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001137

Authority publication

book

Name usages

True (1885:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) graysoni

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

graysoni

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. 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 #21206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21206/45180643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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