Santa Marta tapeti

Santa Marta tapeti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Sylvilagus
Species:
S. sanctaemartae
Binomial name
Sylvilagus sanctaemartae
Synonyms

Sylvilagus brasiliensis sanctaemartae
P. Hershkovitz (1950)

The Santa Marta tapeti (Sylvilagus sanctaemartae) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to the lowlands of northern Colombia.[3] It was previously considered a subspecies of the common tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) but analysis in 2017 confirmed that it is sufficiently distinct in both appearance and genetics to be considered a species in its own right.[4][5] The name Santa Marta tapeti is derived from the mountain range where the species was first discovered (its type locality), the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.[6]

References

  1. ^ Ruedas, L.A.; Smith, A.T. (2019). "Sylvilagus sanctaemartae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T142642715A165117201. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T142642715A165117201.en. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Sylvilagus sanctaemartae Hershkovitz, 1950". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. ^ Diersing, Victor E; Wilson, Don E (2017-12-01). "Systematic status of the rabbits Sylvilagus brasiliensis and S. sanctaemartae from northwestern South America with comparisons to Central American populations". Journal of Mammalogy. 98 (6): 1641–1656. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyx133. ISSN 0022-2372.
  4. ^ 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". University of Michigan. 205. ISSN 0076-8405.
  5. ^ "Lagomorphs (rabbits & hares)", A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of South America, Princeton University Press, pp. 79–82, 2024-12-31, doi:10.1515/9780691254975-012, ISBN 978-0-691-25497-5, retrieved 2024-10-07
  6. ^ Hershkovitz, Philip (1950). "Mammals of northern Colombia, preliminary report No. 6 : Rabbits (Leporidae), with notes on the classification and distribution of the South American forms". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 100. Washington Smithsonian Institution Press: 353–355.


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