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Lepus townsendii (white-tailed jackrabbit)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Lepus townsendii was named by Bachman (1839). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. etruscus, L. granatensis, L. mediterraneus, L. tanaiticus, L. terraerubrae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Lepus campestris Bachman
1839Lepus townsendii Bachman
1931Lepus townsendi Elftman p. 12
1935Lepus townsendii Schultz and Howard p. 278
1980Lepus townsendii Kurten and Anderson p. 282

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusLepus
speciestownsendiiBachman 1839

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.

Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839 [white-tailed jackrabbit]
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Invalid names: Lepus campestris Bachman 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Lepus sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Lepus sp. (20150 20349 20477 20559)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Lepus townsendii (20615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Lepus townsendii (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Lepus townsendii (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Lepus townsendii (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Lepus townsendii (162133)