Sylvilagus transitionalis

(Bangs, 1895)

New England 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

Bangs, O. 1895. The geographical distribution of the eastern races of the cotton-tail (_Lepus sylvaticus_ Bach.) with a description of a new subspecies, and with notes on the distribution of the northern hare (_Lepus americanus_ Erxl.) in the east. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 26:404-414.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55624690

Original name as described

Lepus sylvaticus transitionalis

Other common names

Wood Rabbit

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-2407

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-2407

Type locality

"Liberty Hill, Conn. [= New London Co., Connecticut, USA]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NY,RI,CT,ME,MA,NH,VT?)

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001147

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 sylvaticus transitionalis

(Bangs, 1895)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

transitionalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-2407

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-2407

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55624690

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus transitionalis

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

transitionalis

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

Lyon (1904:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)

Sylvilagus transitionalis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Leporidae

Root name

transitionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

199

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:604, 605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21212/45181534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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