Pentalagus furnessi

(Stone, 1900)

Amami Rabbit

Also as Ryukyu Rabbit.
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Location:Japan, Kagoshima Prefecture, Amami ŌshimaDate taken:28 August 2016Description:Also as Ryukyu Rabbit.

Distribution :

Amami Isls (Amami-Oshima and Tokuno-shima) (S Japan).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7792

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Pentalagus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Stone, W. 1900-09-26. Descriptions of a new rabbit from the Liu Kiu Islands and a new flying squirrel from Borneo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 52:460-463.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24694340

Original name as described

Caprolagus furnessi

Other common names

Ryukyu Rabbit

Type material

ANSP 20645 (= "W5314/5583")

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Liu Kiu Islands [= Amami Ōshima, Ryukyu Islands], " Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001114

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Caprolagus furnessi

Stone, 1900

Family

Leporidae

Root name

furnessi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 20645 (= "W5314/5583")

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Liu Kiu Islands

Type locality

Japan: Kyūshū Region: Kagoshima Prefecture.

Authority page

460

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24694340

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:534, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Pentalagus furnessi:

Lyon, 1904

Family

Leporidae

Root name

furnessi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
Thomas (1906:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:444, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann (1993:823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16559/45180151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pentalagus fursresse:

Y. Abe, 1933

Family

Leporidae

Root name

fursresse

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

942

Authority publication

Botany & Zoology

Name usages

Abe (1933:942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69099)

Pentalagus furnesi:

Kuroda, 1939

Family

Leporidae

Root name

furnesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

44

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Kuroda (1939:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9223)

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