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Sylvilagus audubonii (desert cottontail)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Lepus audubonii was named by Baird (1858). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sylvilagus auduboni by Schultz and Howard (1935); it was misspelled as Sylvilagus auduboni by Ayer (1936); it was recombined as Sylvilagus audubonii by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Lepus audubonii Baird
1935Sylvilagus auduboni Schultz and Howard p. 278
1936Sylvilagus auduboni Ayer p. 605
1980Sylvilagus audubonii Kurten and Anderson p. 280

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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
speciesaudubonii(Baird 1858)

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 audubonii Baird 1858 [desert cottontail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available