Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 825

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7281226

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scientific name

Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:58.

TYPE LOCALITY: "in America meridionali"; type locality restricted by Thomas (1911a), to Pernambuco, Brazil .

DISTRIBUTION: S Tamaulipas ( Mexico) southward through Central and South America as far as Peru, Bolivia, N Argentina and S Brazil.

STATUS: Populations decline or disappear when forests are cleared; status unclear.

SYNONYMS: andinus (Thomas, 1897) ; apollinaris Thomas, 1920 ; braziliensis (Waterhouse, 1848); canarius Thomas, 1913; capsalis Thomas, 1913 ; caracasensis Mondolfi and Méndez Aroche, 1957; carchensis Hershkovitz, 1938; chapadae Thomas, 1904; chapadensis Thomas, 1913; chillae Anthony, 1923 ; chimbanus Thomas, 1913; chotanus Hershkovitz, 1938; consobrinus Anthony, 1917; daulensis J. Allen, 1914; defilippi (Cornalia, 1850) ; defilippii (Thomas, 1897); dephilippii Cabrera, 1912; ecaudatus Trouessart, 1910; fulvescens J. Allen, 1912 ; fuscescens J. Allen, 1916; gabbi (J. Allen, 1877) ; gibsoni Thomas, 1918; inca Thomas, 1913; incitatus (Bangs, 1901) ; kelloggi Anthony, 1923 ; meridensis Thomas, 1904 ; messorius Goldman, 1912; minensis Thomas, 1901; nicefori Thomas, 1921 ; nigricaudatus (Lesson, 1842) ; nivicola Cabrera, 1912 ; paraguensis Thomas, 1901; paraguensis Yepes, 1938; peruanus Hershkovitz, 1950; salentus J. Allen, 1912 ; sanctamartae Hershkovitz, 1950; surdaster Thomas, 1901 ; tapeti (Pallas, 1778); tapetillus Thomas, 1913 ; truei (J. Allen, 1890) ; tumacus (J. Allen, 1908).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Tapeti ( Gureev, 1964:160) ; he also considered gabbi , which is included here, a distinct species. Formerly included dicei ; revised by Diersing (1981).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Lagomorpha

Family

Leporidae

Genus

Sylvilagus

Loc

Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Robert S. Hoffmann 1993
1993
Loc

Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Linnaeus 1758: 58
1758
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