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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
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

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

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (Texas) Sylvilagus auduboni (93258)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Sylvilagus audubonii (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Sylvilagus audubonii (20447)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Sylvilagus sp. (20150 20349 20477 20559)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Sylvilagus audubonii (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sylvilagus audubonii (74473 79632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Sylvilagus auduboni (93281) Sylvilagus audubonii (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Lepus audubonii (74235 93250)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Sylvilagus audubonii (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Sylvilagus auduboni (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Sylvilagus audubonii (71263)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Sylvilagus audubonii (63708 63712 63723 63724)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Sylvilagus audubonii (74474)