Rio de Janeiro dwarf cottontail
The Rio de Janeiro dwarf cottontail (Sylvilagus tapetillus) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to Brazil. Known from only three specimens, captured in the late nineteenth century in the Paraíba Valley, it was for a long time considered to be a subspecies of the tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis). Slightly smaller than its close relative, and so sometimes known as the dwarf tapeti, analysis in 2017 confirmed that it is sufficiently distinct in both appearance and genetics to be considered a species in its own right.[2] Due to destruction of its putative habitat in the densely populated Paraíba Valley, it is unclear whether or not the species still survives in the present day.[1]
| Rio de Janeiro dwarf cottontail | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Sylvilagus |
| Species: | S. tapetillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sylvilagus tapetillus Thomas, 1913 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sylvilagus brasiliensis tapetillus Thomas, 1913 | |
References
- Ruedas, A.R.; Smith, A.T. (2019). "Sylvilagus tapetillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T142542759A142542793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T142542759A142542793.en. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- Ruedas; French; Silva; Platt II; Salazar-Bravo; Mora; Thompson (2017). "A prolegomenon to the systematics of South American cottontail rabbits (Mammalia, Lagomorpha, Leporidae: Sylvilagus): designation of a neotype for S. brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758), and restoration of S. andinus (Thomas, 1897) and S. tapetillus Thomas, 1913". Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. 205. ISSN 0076-8405.
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