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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Tres Marias cottontail, Tres Marias rabbit
Common Names in Spanish:
Conejo De Las Isles Mar?as
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
The Tres Marias Islands where Sylvilagus graysoni occurs
are more arid
than the mainland (
Total length is 48.0 cm (Cervantes
et al.
2005).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 2 Savanna
- 2.2 Savanna - Moist
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Duplicidentata
()
- (Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Lagomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Family:
Leporidae
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- Genus:
Sylvilagus
()
- Gray, 1867
- Specific name:
graysoni
- (J. A. Allen, 1877)
- Scientific name: - Sylvilagus graysoni (J.A. Allen, 1877) (J. A. Allen, 1877)
- Specific name:
graysoni
- (J. A. Allen, 1877)
- Genus:
Sylvilagus
(
- Family:
Leporidae
(
- Order:
Lagomorpha
(
- Mirorder:
Duplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Subgenus
: Sylvilagus
Last scrutiny: 15-Aug-2007
There are two recognized subspecies
: Sylvilagus graysoni graysoni
and S. g. badistes (Cervantes 1997). S. graysoni is
closely related to the adjacent
mainland species S. cunicularius
(Chapman and Ceballos 1990).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sylvilagus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 35 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. aquaticus (Swamp Rabbit) · S. aquaticus aquaticus (Swamp Rabbit) · S. aquaticus baileyi (Swamp Rabbit) · S. audubonii (Audubon's Cottontail) · S. audubonii audubonii (Desert Cottontail) · S. bachmani (Riparian Brush Rabbit) · S. bachmani bachmani (Brush Rabbit) · S. bachmani riparius (Brush Rabbit) · S. backmanii cinerascens (Brush Rabbit) · S. brasiliensis (Forest Rabbit) · S. cognatus (Manzano Mountain Cottontail) · S. cunicularius (Mexican Cottontail) · S. dicei (Dice's Cottontail) · S. floridanus (Eastern Cottontail) · S. floridanus ammophilus (Eastern Cottontail) · S. floridanus continentis (Eastern Cottontail) · S. floridanus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail) · S. floridanus hitchensi (Eastern Cottontail) · S. floridanus llanensis (An Eastern Cottontail) · S. floridanus similis (An Eastern Cottontail) · S. graysoni (Tres Marias Cottontail) · S. insonus (Omilteme Cottontail) · S. mansuetus (San Jose Brush Rabbit) · S. nuttalli (Cottontails) · S. nuttallii (Nuttall's Cottontail) · S. nuttallii grangeri (Mountain Cottontail) · S. nuttallii nuttallii (Mountain Cottontail) · S. nuttallii pinetis (Mountain Cottontail) · S. obscurus (Appalachian Cottontail) · S. palustris (Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit) · S. palustris hefneri (Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit) · S. palustris palustris (Marsh Rabbit) · S. robustus (Davis Mountain Cottontail) · S. transitionalis (New England Cottontail) · S. varynaensis (Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit)
More Info
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 33.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 171, p. 33, p. 370, p. 475, p. 873.
- List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 370.
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 238, p. 244, p. 36.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 322, p. 570.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 333.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 5 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 136, fig. 43, page 168, p. 169.
- World Checklist of Threatened Mammals JNCC url p. 45.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Lagomorph Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Lagomorph Specialist Group 1996. Sylvilagus graysoni. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Mexican Association for Conservation and Study of Lagomorphs (AMCELA), Romero Malpica, F.J. & Rangel Cordero, H. 2008. Sylvilagus graysoni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107293
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625368
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625368
- IUCN ID: 244521
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11676
Footnotes
- Mexican Association for Conservation and Study of Lagomorphs (AMCELA), Romero Malpica, F.J. & Rangel Cordero, H. 2008. Sylvilagus graysoni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
