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Sylvilagus floridanus  (J. A. Allen, 1890)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180124

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus (J. A. Allen, 1890)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus alacer (Bangs, 1896)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani (J. A. Allen, 1899)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus holzneri (Mearns, 1896)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus (Thomas, 1898)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus aztecus (J. A. Allen, 1890)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus connectens (Nelson, 1904)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus hondurensis Goldman, 1932
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus macrocorpus Diersing and Wilson, 1980
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus orizabae (Merriam, 1893)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus yucatanicus (Miller, 1899)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus avius Osgood, 1910
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus cumanicus (Thomas, 1897)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus margaritae Miller, 1898
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus nigronuchalis (Hartert, 1894)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus orinoci Thomas, 1900
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus purgatus Thomas, 1920
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus superciliaris (J. A. Allen, 1899)
  
    Lepus orizabae Merriam, 1893
  
    Lepus russatus J. A. Allen, 1904
  
    Lepus sylvaticus alacer Bangs, 1896
  
    Lepus sylvaticus aztecus J. A. Allen, 1890
  
    Lepus floridanus chapmani J. A. Allen, 1899
  
    Lepus floridanus connectens Nelson, 1904
  
    Lepus sylvaticus floridanus J. A. Allen, 1890
  
    Lepus sylvaticus holzneri Mearns, 1896
  
    Lepus nuttalli mallurus Thomas, 1898
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus russatus (J. A. Allen, 1904)
  
    Sylvilagus floridanus subcinctus (Miller, 1899)
  
    Lepus floridanus subcinctus Miller, 1899
  
    Lepus floridanus yucatanicus Miller, 1899
  
  Common Name(s): Conejo serrano [Spanish]
  
    lapin à queue blanche [French]
  
    Eastern Cottontail [English]
  
    Florida 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 floridanus (J. A. Allen, 1890) – Conejo serrano, lapin à queue blanche, Eastern Cottontail, Florida 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 floridanus    
       
  Expert: Robert S. Hoffman  
  Notes: Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Sylvilagus floridanus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eastern Cottontail[English], lapin à queue blanche [French]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Conejo serrano[Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sylvilagus floridanus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sylvilagus floridanus, Eastern Cottontail [English]   
       
  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 floridanus, Eastern Cottontail [English], Florida cottontail [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Sylvilagus floridanus   
       
  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 floridanus, Eastern Cottontail [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Sylvilagus floridanus, Eastern Cottontail [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals   
  Page(s): xxv + 750   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-845-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sylvilagus floridanus, Eastern Cottontail [English]   
       

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

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Subgenus Sylvilagus (Gureev, 1964:164). Widely introduced in North America (Hall, 1981:301) and Europe (Flux et al., 1990). Formerly included robustus (Bailey, 1905) and cognatus Nelson, 1907. Ruedas (1998) stated "...at least three of the subspecies [of floridanus] (cognatus, holzneri, and robustus) traditionally ascribed to S. floridanus are of species rank." However, he did not formally raise the first two to full species, as he did for robustus. Reviewed by Chapman et al. (1980, Mammali...  
 

 

    

 
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