Taxonomy Profile: Sylvilagus floridanus (J A Allen 1890)

Sylvilagus floridanus: 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 []
lapin à queue blanche []
Eastern Cottontail []
Florida cottontail []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Sylvilagus floridanus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Lagomorpha
lagomorphs |
Rabbits |
coelho |
tapeti |
Hares |
Pikas |
Family : Leporidae
Hares |
Rabbits |
Genus : Sylvilagus
Cottontails |
Species : Sylvilagus floridanus
Conejo serrano |
lapin à queue blanche |
Eastern Cottontail |
Florida cottontail |
Sylvilagus floridanus Direct Children(s):
Sylvilagus floridanus: 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
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Sylvilagus floridanus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
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
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
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
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
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 Sue Ruff, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
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
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
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
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Smith, Andrew T., Charlotte H. Johnston, Paulo C.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2018-01-01 / 2018-01-01
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
Sylvilagus floridanus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Canada / Native
Sylvilagus floridanus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
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...