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Sylvilagus nuttallii (mountain cottontail)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

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

It was recombined as Sylvilagus nuttallii by Heaton (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Lepus nuttalli Bachman
1980Sylvilagus nuttalli Kurten and Anderson p. 280
1985Sylvilagus nuttallii Heaton p. 353

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
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
speciesnuttallii(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 nuttallii Bachman 1837 [mountain cottontail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available