Sylvilagus cunicularius

Sylvilagus cunicularius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lagomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Lagomorpha

Familia: Leporidae
Genus: Sylvilagus
Species: Sylvilagus cunicularius

Name

Sylvilagus cunicularius (Waterhouse, 1848)

• Holotype: ZMB 1403, collected by F. Deppe on 26 July 1826.
• Type locality: “Mexico”, labeled as “Sacualpan [= Zacualpan]”.

Combinations

• Lepus cunicularius Waterhouse, 1848: 132 [original combination]
• Sylvilagus cunicularius: Nelson, 1909: 239 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Waterhouse, G.R. 1848. A Natural History of the Mammalia. Vol. II. Containing the order Rodentia, or Gnawing Mammalia. Hippolyte Baillière: London. 500 pp. GoogleBooks Reference page. 
• Nelson, E.W. 1909. The rabbits of North America. North American Fauna 29: 1–314. DOI: 10.3996/nafa.29.0001 ; BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Cottontail