Sylvilagus yucatanicus

(G. S. Miller, 1899)

Yucatán Cottontail

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Genus : Sylvilagus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1899-10-05. Descriptions of six new American rabbits. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51(2):380-390.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6389569

Original name as described

Lepus floridanus yucatanicus

Other common names

Yucatan Cottontail

Type material

USNM:MAMM:11441 (= USNM:MAMM:A37772)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/341f5c87a-7285-4517-b731-d27f622e6b91

Type locality

"Merida, Yucatan," Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from S. floridanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruedas, L. A., López, L. I., & Mora, J. M. (2023). A propaedeutic to the taxonomy of the Eastern cottontail rabbit (Lagomorpha: Leporidae: Sylvilagus floridanus) from Central America. Therya, 14(1), 99-119.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006701

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 floridanus yucatanicus

(G. S. Miller, 1899)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

yucatanicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:11441 (= USNM:MAMM:A37772)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/341f5c87a-7285-4517-b731-d27f622e6b91

Authority page

384

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6389569

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus yucatanicus

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

yucatanicus

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

  1. Lyon (1904:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Nelson (1909:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14929)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Sylvilagus yucatanicus

Ruedas, L. I. López, & J. M. Mora, 2023

Family

Leporidae

Root name

yucatanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Therya

Name usages

  1. Ruedas, López & Mora (2023:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61281)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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