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Sylvilagus palustris (marsh rabbit)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

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

It was recombined as Limnolagus palustris by Lyon (1904) and Corbet (1983); it was recombined as Sylvilagus palustris by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Robinson (1984), Halanych and Robinson (1997), Hulbert and Pratt (1998) and Albright et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Lepus palustris Bachman
1904Limnolagus palustris Lyon
1980Sylvilagus palustris Kurten and Anderson p. 281
1983Limnolagus palustris Corbet
1984Sylvilagus palustris Robinson
1997Sylvilagus palustris Halanych and Robinson
1998Sylvilagus palustris Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt
2019Sylvilagus palustris Albright et al. p. 157

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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
speciespalustris(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 palustris Bachman 1837 [marsh rabbit]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available