Sylvilagus insonus

(E. W. Nelson, 1904)

Omilteme 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

Nelson, E.W. 1904-05-18. Descriptions of seven new rabbits from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:103-110.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345488

Original name as described

Lepus insonus

Other common names

Omiltemi Cottontail · Omiltemi Rabbit

Type material

USNM:MAMM:126878

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36d9b23e7-6bf1-4f56-9925-a6a5b4e4c4dd

Type locality

"Omilteme, Guerrero," Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001136

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 insonus

(E. W. Nelson, 1904)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

insonus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:126878

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36d9b23e7-6bf1-4f56-9925-a6a5b4e4c4dd

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345488

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Sylvilagus insonus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Leporidae

Root name

insonus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

198

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  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 (2016:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21207/45180771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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