Sylvilagus obscurus

J. A. Chapman, Cramer, Dippenaar, & T. J. Robinson, 1992

Appalachian 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

Chapman, J.A., Cramer, K.L., Dippenaar, N.J. and Robinson, T.J. 1992-12-18. Systematics and biogeography of the New England cottontail, _Sylvilagus transitionalis_ (Bangs, 1895), with the description of a new species from the Appalachian Mountains. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(4):841-866.

Original name as described

Sylvilagus obscurus

Other common names

Allegheny Cottontail · Wood Rabbit

Type material

USNM:MAMM:567187

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Dolly Sods Scenic Area, Grant Co., West Virginia," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(VA,PA,GA,NC,SC,WV,TN,MD,KY,AL)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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