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Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail)
Taxonomy
Lepus sylvaticus floridanus was named by Allen (1890). It is extant.
It was recombined as Lepus floridanus by Allen (1899); it was recombined as Sylvilagus floridanus by Schultz and Howard (1935), Dalquest and Roth (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).
It was recombined as Lepus floridanus by Allen (1899); it was recombined as Sylvilagus floridanus by Schultz and Howard (1935), Dalquest and Roth (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1837 | Lepus sylvaticus Bachman |
1860 | Lepus sylvaticus Leidy p. 113 |
1890 | Lepus sylvaticus floridanus Allen |
1899 | Lepus floridanus Allen |
1902 | Lepus sylvaticus Hay p. 736 |
1935 | Sylvilagus floridanus Schultz and Howard p. 278 |
1970 | Sylvilagus floridanus Dalquest and Roth p. 223 |
1980 | Sylvilagus floridanus Kurten and Anderson p. 279 |
1998 | Sylvilagus floridanus Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt |
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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 floridanus Allen 1890 [eastern cottontail]
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Invalid names: Lepus sylvaticus Bachman 1837 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available