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Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Lepus sylvaticus floridanus was named by Allen (1890). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lepus floridanus by Allen (1899); it was recombined as Sylvilagus floridanus by Schultz and Howard (1935), Dalquest and Roth (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Lepus sylvaticus was named by Bachman (1837) [preoccupied by Lepus borealis sylvaticus Nilsson 1832 (see Allen 1899)]. It is extant.

    It was replaced with Lepus floridanus by Allen (1899).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Lepus sylvaticus Bachman
1860Lepus sylvaticus Leidy p. 113
1890Lepus sylvaticus floridanus Allen
1899Lepus floridanus Allen
1902Lepus sylvaticus Hay p. 736
1935Sylvilagus floridanus Schultz and Howard p. 278
1970Sylvilagus floridanus Dalquest and Roth p. 223
1980Sylvilagus floridanus Kurten and Anderson p. 279
1998Sylvilagus floridanus Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
genusSylvilagusGray 1867
speciesfloridanus(Allen 1890)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 [eastern cottontail]
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Invalid names: Lepus sylvaticus Bachman 1837 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:52:57
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Sylvilagus floridanus (98313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sylvilagus floridanus (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Sylvilagus floridanus (74246)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Lepus sylvaticus (93526)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Sylvilagus floridanus (126660)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Sylvilagus floridanus (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Sylvilagus floridanus (20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Sylvilagus floridanus (20125)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Sylvilagus floridanus (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Sylvilagus floridanus (20164) Sylvilagus sp. (20342)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Sylvilagus floridanus (20351 20475 20520) Sylvilagus sp. (20289 20402)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Sylvilagus floridanus (20479)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Nebraska) Sylvilagus floridanus (34382)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Sylvilagus floridanus (75974)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Colombia (Huila) Sylvilagus floridanus (71285)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Sylvilagus floridanus (195112)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Puebla) Sylvilagus floridanus (230717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sylvilagus floridanus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Sylvilagus floridanus (63424 63426)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sylvilagus floridanus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sylvilagus floridanus (20586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Sylvilagus floridanus (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Sylvilagus floridanus (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sylvilagus floridanus (20638 74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sylvilagus floridanus (20571 20572 20593 20594 20595 20629 20634 20647 20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Sylvilagus floridanus (20615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sylvilagus floridanus (20598 20608 154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Sylvilagus floridanus (93141 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sylvilagus floridanus (74473 79632 93527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Sylvilagus floridanus (104682 104684)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Sylvilagus floridanus (63429)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Sylvilagus floridanus (63428)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Sylvilagus floridanus (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Sylvilagus floridanus (104675)