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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):    
  Common Name(s): Conejo serrano [Spanish]
  
    Eastern Cottontail [English]
  
    lapin à queue blanche [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 -- mamífero, mammals, mammifères  
             SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                   OrderLagomorpha Brandt, 1855 -- coelho, Hares, lagomorphs, Pikas, Rabbits, tapeti  
                      FamilyLeporidae Fischer, 1817 -- Hares, Rabbits  
                         GenusSylvilagus Gray, 1867 -- Cottontails  
                            SubgenusSylvilagus (Sylvilagus) Gray, 1867  
                               SpeciesSylvilagus floridanus (J. A. Allen, 1890) -- Conejo serrano, Eastern Cottontail, lapin à queue blanche  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus alacer (Bangs, 1896)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus avius Osgood, 1910  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus aztecus (J. Allen, 1890)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani (J. Allen, 1899)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus connectens (Nelson, 1904)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus cumanicus (Thomas, 1897)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus (J. A. Allen, 1890)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus holzneri (Mearns, 1896)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus hondurensis Goldman, 1932  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus macrocorpus Diersing and Wilson, 1980  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus (Thomas, 1898)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus margaritae Miller, 1898  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus nigronuchalis (Hartert, 1894)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus orinoci Thomas, 1900  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus orizabae (Merriam, 1893)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus purgatus Thomas, 1920  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus superciliaris (J. Allen, 1899)  
                                  Subspecies Sylvilagus floridanus yucatanicus (Miller, 1899)  
       

 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: Mammal Species of the World, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/   
  Reference for: Sylvilagus floridanus   
       
  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, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Sylvilagus floridanus   
       
  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   
       
  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): 2000   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sylvilagus floridanus, Eastern Cottontail   
       
  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   
       
  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   
       

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