Sylvilagus audubonii

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Desert Cottontail

Sylvilagus audubonii cedrophilus. Lateral view of individual reclining on ground in shade of shrub. Also as Audubon's Cottontail.
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Location:USA, NM, Bernalillo Co., AlbuquerqueDate taken:Jan 1, 1991

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1188

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Baird, S.F. 1857. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part I. Mammals. A. P. Nicholson, Washington, 757 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487944

Original name as described

Lepus audubonii

Other common names

Audubon's Cottontail

Type material

USNM:MAMM:1163 (= MCZ:Mamm:5460) (= USNM:MAMM:A2045)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34574a40a-6a15-476a-a692-b3b21c16056e https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:MAMM:5460

Type locality

"San Francisco, " San Francisco Co., California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(NE, KS, WY, NV, ND, TX, CA, NM, SD, OK, CO, UT, AZ, MT)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001124

Country distribution map

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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: 54 names and synonyms.

Lepus audubonii

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

audubonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:1163 (= MCZ:Mamm:5460) (= USNM:MAMM:A2045)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34574a40a-6a15-476a-a692-b3b21c16056e https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:MAMM:5460

Authority page

608

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487944

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Murray (1866:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Lepus sylvaticus Var. arizonæ

(J. A. Allen, 1877)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

arizonae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:8439

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a63bc00a-68cc-48f6-84ff-7be6750ac533

Authority page

332

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001122

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Allen (1877:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16807)
  2. True (1885:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Lepus sylvaticus Var. auduboni

(J. A. Allen, 1877)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

auduboni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

328

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001118

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Allen (1877:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16807)
  2. True (1885:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Lepus arizonæ

(C. H. Merriam, 1890)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

arizonae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799649

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1890:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14545)
  2. Allen (1896:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  3. Trouessart (1897:660, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  4. Bailey (1905:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)

Lepus arizonae major

(Mearns, 1896)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:18192 (= USNM:MAMM:A25090)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30528a667-27ad-4396-abeb-7dbcec031818

Authority page

557

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733649

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus arizonae minor

(Mearns, 1896)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:20104 (= USNM:MAMM:A37064)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/396235499-c35f-4027-899a-af7b95a7eb50

Authority page

557

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733649

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Bailey (1905:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)

Lepus baileyi

(C. H. Merriam, 1897)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:56016

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/359f204a8-fb10-46e2-8f3c-9814565a3236

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263384

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Lepus arizonae confinis

(J. A. Allen, 1898)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

confinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-13562, AMNH MO-11911

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-13562

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893752

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Lepus floridanus sanctidiegi

(G. S. Miller, 1899)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

sanctidiegi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:60668

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ec71a95-f912-4e46-bdd8-23cbadeb12d2

Authority page

389

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6389574

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Lepus laticinctus

(D. G. Elliot, 1904)

Family

Leporidae

Root name

laticinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:12618

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=bc476335-0fd8-4d42-98e4-eb0d9564215e

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652834

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

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