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Sylvilagus robustus  (Bailey, 1905)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 555658

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Sylvilagus floridanus robustus (Bailey, 1905)
  
    Lepus pinetis robustus Bailey, 1905
  
  Common Name(s): Robust Cottontail [English]
  
    Davis Mountain Cottontail [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderLagomorpha Brandt, 1855 – coelho, tapeti, lagomorphs, Rabbits, Hares, Pikas  
                                  FamilyLeporidae Fischer, 1817 – Hares, Rabbits  
                                     GenusSylvilagus Gray, 1867 – Cottontails  
                                        SpeciesSylvilagus robustus (Bailey, 1905) – Robust Cottontail, Davis Mountain Cottontail  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Sylvilagus robustus    
       
  Expert: Robert S. Hoffman  
  Notes: Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Sylvilagus robustus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruedas, Luis A.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics of Sylvilagus Gray, 1867 (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from southwestern North America   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 79, no. 4   
  Page(s): 1355-1378   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2372   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sylvilagus robustus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smith, Andrew T., Charlotte H. Johnston, Paulo C.  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Lagomorphs. Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World   
  Page(s): 266   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1421423405   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sylvilagus robustus, Davis Mountain Cottontail [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sylvilagus robustus, Robust Cottontail [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: Not Evaluated; likely endangered  
    Comments: Subgenus Sylvilagus. Formerly considered a subspecies of S. floridanus, but see Ruedas (1998)  
 

 

    

 
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