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Sylvilagus palustris (marsh rabbit)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Lepus palustris was named by Bachman (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Limnolagus palustris by Lyon (1904) and Corbet (1983); it was recombined as Sylvilagus palustris by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Robinson (1984), Halanych and Robinson (1997), Hulbert and Pratt (1998) and Albright et al. (2019).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Lepus palustris Bachman
1904Limnolagus palustris Lyon
1980Sylvilagus palustris Kurten and Anderson p. 281
1983Limnolagus palustris Corbet
1984Sylvilagus palustris Robinson
1997Sylvilagus palustris Halanych and Robinson
1998Sylvilagus palustris Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt
2019Sylvilagus palustris Albright et al. p. 157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
speciespalustris(Bachman 1837)

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 palustris Bachman 1837 [marsh rabbit]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiouss
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:24:26
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:24:26
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gingerich 2003, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.77400 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sylvilagus palustris (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Carolina) Sylvilagus palustris (79759)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Sylvilagus palustris (20475)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Carolina) Sylvilagus palustris (79921)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Sylvilagus palustris (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sylvilagus palustris (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sylvilagus palustris (20572 20634 20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sylvilagus palustris (20638 34269 74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Sylvilagus palustris (20604)