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Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail)
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).
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
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1837 | Lepus sylvaticus Bachman |
1860 | Lepus sylvaticus Leidy p. 113 |
1890 | Lepus sylvaticus floridanus Allen |
1899 | Lepus floridanus Allen |
1902 | Lepus sylvaticus Hay p. 736 |
1935 | Sylvilagus floridanus Schultz and Howard p. 278 |
1970 | Sylvilagus floridanus Dalquest and Roth p. 223 |
1980 | Sylvilagus floridanus Kurten and Anderson p. 279 |
1998 | Sylvilagus floridanus Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt |
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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
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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 |
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Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Sylvilagus floridanus (98313) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Sylvilagus floridanus (227368) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Sylvilagus floridanus (74246) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Illinois) | Lepus sylvaticus (93526) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Sylvilagus floridanus (126660) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20290) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20390) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20125) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (South Dakota) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20389) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20164) Sylvilagus sp. (20342) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20351 20475 20520) Sylvilagus sp. (20289 20402) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20479) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (Nebraska) | Sylvilagus floridanus (34382) | |
Middle Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Sylvilagus floridanus (75974) | |
Lujanian | Colombia (Huila) | Sylvilagus floridanus (71285) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Sylvilagus floridanus (195112) | |
Rancholabrean | Mexico (Puebla) | Sylvilagus floridanus (230717) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Sylvilagus floridanus (93103) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Sylvilagus floridanus (63424 63426) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Sylvilagus floridanus (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Texas) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20586) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Sylvilagus floridanus (71264) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20604) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20638 74292 154805) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20571 20572 20593 20594 20595 20629 20634 20647 20650) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20615) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Sylvilagus floridanus (20598 20608 154771) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Sylvilagus floridanus (93141 93281) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Sylvilagus floridanus (74473 79632 93527) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Sylvilagus floridanus (104682 104684) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Sylvilagus floridanus (63429) | |
Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Sylvilagus floridanus (63428) | |
Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Sylvilagus floridanus (21686) | |
Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Sylvilagus floridanus (104675) |