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Sylvilagus Gray, 1867
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180119

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) Gray, 1867
		Sylvilagus (Tapeti) Gray, 1867
		Sylvilagus (Microlagus) Trouessart, 1897
	Common Name(s):	Cottontails [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2019

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Lagomorpha Brandt, 1855 – coelho, tapeti, lagomorphs, Rabbits, Hares, Pikas
	Family	Leporidae Fischer, 1817 – Hares, Rabbits
	Genus	Sylvilagus Gray, 1867 – Cottontails
		Direct Children:
	Species	Sylvilagus andinus (Thomas, 1897) – Andean Cottontail, Páramo Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus apollinaris Thomas, 1920 – Apollinaris' Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus aquaticus (Bachman, 1837) – Swamp Rabbit, Swamper, Cane Cutter, Cane Jake
	Species	Sylvilagus audubonii (Baird, 1858) – Desert Cottontail, Audubon's Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus bachmani (Waterhouse, 1839) – Conejo matorralero, Brush Rabbit, Riparian Brush Rabbit
	Species	Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tapeti, Forest Rabbit
	Species	Sylvilagus cognatus Nelson, 1907 – Manzano Mountain Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus cunicularius (Waterhouse, 1848) – Mexican Cottontail, conejo montés, conejo serrano
	Species	Sylvilagus dicei Harris, 1932 – Dice's Cottontail, conejo de montaña
	Species	Sylvilagus floridanus (J. A. Allen, 1890) – Conejo serrano, lapin à queue blanche, Eastern Cottontail, Florida cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus fulvescens J. A. Allen, 1912 – Fulvous Rabbit
	Species	Sylvilagus gabbi (J. A. Allen, 1877) – Costa Rica Forest Rabbit, Central American Lowland Forest Cottontail, Gabb's Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus graysoni (J. A. Allen, 1877) – Tres Marias rabbit, Tres Marias Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus insonus (Nelson, 1904) – Omiltemi Rabbit, Omilteme Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus mansuetus Nelson, 1907 – San José Brush Rabbit
	Species	Sylvilagus nuttallii (Bachman, 1837) – Nuttall's cottontail, Mountain Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus obscurus Chapman, Cramer, Deppenaar and Robinson, 1992 – Appalachian Cottontail, Wood Rabbit, Mountain Rabbit, Mountain Cottontail, Bluebelly
	Species	Sylvilagus palustris (Bachman, 1837) – Marsh Rabbit
	Species	Sylvilagus parentum Ruedas, 2017 – Suriname Lowland Forest Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus robustus (Bailey, 1905) – Robust Cottontail, Davis Mountain Cottontail
	Species	Sylvilagus tapetillus Thomas, 1913 – Rio de Janeiro Dwarf Cottontail, Dwarf Tapetí, Small Tapetí
	Species	Sylvilagus transitionalis (Bangs, 1895) – New England Cottontail, Coney, Wood Rabbit
	Species	Sylvilagus varynaensis Durant and Guevara, 2001 – Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit, Barinas Wild Rabbit, conejo de Barinas, conejo de monte

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

	Expert:	Robert S. Hoffman
	Notes:	Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
	Reference for:	Sylvilagus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sylvilagus

	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

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Ruedas, Luis A.
	Publication Date:	2017
	Article/Chapter Title:	A new species of cottontail rabbit (Lagomorpha: Leporidae: Sylvilagus) from Suriname, with comments on the taxonomy of allied taxa from northern South America
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 98, no. 4
	Page(s):	1042-1059
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	1545-1542
	Notes:	DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyx048 ; published online 17 May 2017, in accordance with amended (2012) ICZN Art. 8
	Reference for:	Sylvilagus

	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

	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

	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

	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, Cottontails [English]

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Comments: Formerly included Brachylagus as a subgenus; see Hall (1981:294); but see also Corbet (1983:14)

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