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Sylvilagus idahoensis (pygmy rabbit)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Lepus idahoensis was named by Merriam (1891). It is extant. It is the type species of Brachylagus.

It was recombined as Brachylagus idahoensis by Lyon (1904), Nelson (1909), Kenner (1965), Dawson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Corbet (1983), Harris (1985), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Halanych and Robinson (1997), Ramos (1999), Ramos (1999); it was recombined as Microlagus idahoensis by Gureev (1964); it was recombined as Sylvilagus idahoensis by Grinnell et al. (1930), Orr (1940), Durant (1952), Miller (1976), Hall (1981), Cano‐Sánchez et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. audobonii, S. cunicularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Lepus idahoensis Merriam
1904Brachylagus idahoensis Lyon
1909Brachylagus idahoensis Nelson
1930Sylvilagus idahoensis Grinnell and et al.
1940Sylvilagus idahoensis Orr
1952Sylvilagus idahoensis Durant
1964Microlagus idahoensis Gureev
1965Brachylagus idahoensis Kenner
1967Brachylagus idahoensis Dawson
1976Sylvilagus idahoensis Miller
1980Brachylagus idahoensis Kurten and Anderson p. 279
1981Sylvilagus idahoensis Hall
1983Brachylagus idahoensis Corbet
1985Brachylagus idahoensis Harris
1993Brachylagus idahoensis Wilson and Reeder
1997Brachylagus idahoensis Halanych and Robinson
1999Brachylagus idahoensis Ramos
2022Sylvilagus idahoensis Cano‐Sánchez et al. p. 407

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
genusSylvilagusGray 1867
speciesidahoensis(Merriam 1891)

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 idahoensis Merriam 1891 [pygmy rabbit]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nevada) Lagomorpha indet. (20280)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Brachylagus idahoensis (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Sylvilagus idahoensis (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Sylvilagus idahoensis (93326)