Sylvilagus tapetillus

O. Thomas, 1913

Coastal 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

Thomas, O. 1913-02-01. Notes on S. American Leporidæ. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(62):209-214.

Original name as described

Sylvilagus tapetillus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1892.11.24.3

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Rezende, from Porto Real, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 390 m a.s.l. (c.22°24′40.43″S, 44°19′14.72″W).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from S. brasiliensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruedas, L. A., French, J. H., Silva, S. M., Platt, I. I., Nelson, R., Salazar-Bravo, J., ... & Thompson, C. W. (2017). A PROLEGOMENON TO THE SYSTEMATICS OF SOUTH AMERICAN COTTONTAIL RABBITS (MAMMALIA, LAGOMORPHA, LEPORIDAE: SYLVILAGUS): DESIGNATION OF A NEOTYPE FOR S. BRASILIENSIS (LINNAEUS, 1758), · RESTORATION OF S. ANDINUS (THOMAS, 1897) · S. TAPETILLUS THOMAS, 1913.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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