Sylvilagus nuttallii

(Bachman, 1837)

Mountain 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

Bachman, J. 1837. Observations, on the different species of Hares (genus Lepus) inhabiting the United States and Canada. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(2):282-361.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677017

Original name as described

Lepus Nuttallii

Other common names

Nuttall's Cottontail

Type material

ANSP 382

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"…west of the Rocky Mountains…streams which flow into the Shoshonee and Columbia rivers." Restricted by E. W. Nelson in 1909 to "eastern Oregon, near mouth of Malheur River."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA, ID, AZ, NV, CA, SD, NE, CO, OR, WY, MT, ND, NM, UT)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001138

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.

Total: 26 names and synonyms.

Lepus Nuttallii

(Bachman, 1837)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nuttallii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 382

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677017

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lepus artemesia

(Bachman, 1839)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

artemesia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623064

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. De Kay (1842:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus Nuttalii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nuttalii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

100

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lepus artemisiacus

(J. A. Wagner, 1844)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

artemisiacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31058930

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lepus artemisia

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

artemisia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

352

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Coues (1868:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15057)
  3. Trouessart (1897:659, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Sylvilagus Artemisia

J. E. Gray, 1867

Family

Leporidae

Root name

artemisia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

222

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15624179

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Lepus artemisianus

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

artemisianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

222

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15624179

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Lepus sylvaticus Var. nuttalli

(J. A. Allen, 1877)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

nuttalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

328

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001118

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Allen (1877:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16807)
  2. True (1885:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Lepus sylvaticus pinetis

(J. A. Allen, 1894)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

pinetis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-7336, AMNH MS-9041

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-7336 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-9041

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893520

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Lepus sylvaticus grangeri

(J. A. Allen, 1895)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

grangeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-7402, AMNH MS-9094

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-9094

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894400

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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