Central American tapeti

Species of mammal

Central American tapeti

Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Lagomorpha
Family:  | Leporidae
Genus:  | Sylvilagus
Species:  |

S. gabbi

Binomial name
Sylvilagus gabbi

(J.A. Allen 1877)

Synonyms

Sylvilagus brasiliensis gabbi
J.A. Allen (1877)

The Central American tapeti (Sylvilagus gabbi) or Gabbi's cottontail is a species of cottontail rabbit native to southern Mexico and much of Central America. 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.[2] It is closely related to the northern tapeti, which some authors describe as a subspecies of S. gabbi. The name Gabbi's cottontail comes from American paleontologist William More Gabb.

## Range and distribution

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The Central American Tapeti is distributed in Central America from eastern to southeastern Mexico to Panama. Thereby the range of the northern subspecies and nominate form Sylvilagus gabbi gabbi extends from Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco and Campeche) to Guatemala and Belize while the subspecies Sylvilagus gabbi truei occurs from Guatemala via Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Panama. The distribution of Sylvilagus gabbi truei is limited by the fact that the subspecies is not known to occur in Central America.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Reudas, L.A.; Smith, A.T. (2019). "Gabb's Cottontail". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T87491157A87491160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T87491157A87491160.en. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Handbook of the mammals of the world. Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Paolo Cavallini. Barcelona. 2009–2019. ISBN 978-84-96553-49-1. OCLC 304148757.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

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Extant Lagomorpha species

* Kingdom Animalia
* Phylum Chordata
* Class Mammalia
* Infraclass Eutheria
* Superorder Euarchontoglires

Family Ochotonidae (Pikas)

| Ochotona|

* Subgenus Pika: Alpine pika (O. alpina)
* Helan Shan pika (O. argentata)
* Collared pika (O. collaris)
* Korean pika (O. coreana)
* Hoffmann's pika (O. hoffmanni)
* Northern pika (O. hyperborea)
* Manchurian pika (O. mantchurica)
* Kazakh pika (O. opaca)
* Pallas's pika (O. pallasi)
* American pika (O. princeps)
* Turuchan pika (O. turuchanensis)

* Subgenus Ochotona: Gansu pika (O. cansus)
* Plateau pika (O. curzoniae)
* Daurian pika (O. dauurica)
* Nubra pika (O. nubrica)
* Steppe pika (O. pusilla)
* Afghan pika (O. rufescens)
* Tsing-ling pika (O. syrinx)
* Moupin pika (O. thibetana)
* Thomas's pika (O. thomasi)

* Subgenus Conothoa: Chinese red pika (O. erythrotis)
* Forrest's pika (O. forresti)
* Glover's pika (O. gloveri)
* Ili pika (O. iliensis)
* Koslov's pika (O. koslowi)
* Ladak pika (O. ladacensis)
* Large-eared pika (O. macrotis)
* Royle's pika (O. roylei)
* Turkestan red pika (O. rutila)

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Family Leporidae (Rabbits and Hares)

| Pentalagus|

* Amami rabbit (P. furnessi)

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Bunolagus|

* Riverine rabbit (B. monticularis)

Nesolagus|

* Sumatran striped rabbit (N. netscheri)
* Annamite striped rabbit (N. timminsi)

Romerolagus|

* Volcano rabbit (R. diazi)

Brachylagus|

* Pygmy rabbit (B. idahoensis)

Sylvilagus
(Cottontail rabbits)|

* Subgenus Tapeti: Andean tapeti (S. andinus)
* Swamp rabbit (S. aquaticus)
* Common tapeti (S. brasiliensis)
* Dice's cottontail (S. dicei)
* Central American tapeti (S. gabbi)
* Omilteme cottontail (S. insonus)
* Marsh rabbit (S. palustris)
* Suriname tapeti (S. parentum)
* Santa Marta tapeti (S. sanctaemartae)
* Coastal tapeti (S. tapetillus)
* Venezuelan lowland rabbit (S. varynaensis)

* Subgenus Sylvilagus: Desert cottontail (S. audubonii)
* Mexican cottontail (S. cunicularis)
* Eastern cottontail (S. floridanus)
* Tres Marias rabbit (S. graysoni)
* Mountain cottontail (S. nuttallii)
* Appalachian cottontail (S. obscurus)
* Robust cottontail (S. holzneri)
* New England cottontail (S. transitionalis)

* Subgenus Microlagus: Brush rabbit (S. bachmani)

Oryctolagus|

* European rabbit (O. cuniculus)

Poelagus|

* Bunyoro rabbit (P. marjorita)

Pronolagus
(Red rock hares)|

* Natal red rock hare (P. crassicaudatus)
* Jameson's red rock hare (P. randensis)
* Smith's red rock hare (P. rupestris)
* Hewitt's red rock hare (P. saundersiae)

Caprolagus|

* Hispid hare (C. hispidus)

Lepus
(Hares)|

* Subgenus Macrotolagus: Antelope jackrabbit (L. alleni)

* Subgenus Poecilolagus: Snowshoe hare (L. americanus)

* Subgenus Lepus: Arctic hare (L. arcticus)
* Alaskan hare (L. othus)
* Mountain hare (L. timidus)

* Subgenus Proeulagus:
* Black jackrabbit (L. insularis)
* Desert hare (L. tibetanus)
* Tolai hare (L. tolai)

* Subgenus Eulagos: Broom hare (L. castroviejoi)
* Yunnan hare (L. comus)
* Korean hare (L. coreanus)
* European hare (L. europaeus)
* Manchurian hare (L. mandshuricus)
* Ethiopian highland hare (L. starcki)

* Subgenus Sabanalagus: Ethiopian hare (L. fagani)
* African savanna hare (L. victoriae)

* Subgenus Indolagus: Hainan hare (L. hainanus)
* Indian hare (L. nigricollis)
* Burmese hare (L. peguensis)

* Subgenus Sinolagus: Chinese hare (L. sinensis)

* Subgenus Tarimolagus: Yarkand hare (L. yarkandensis)

* Subgenus incertae sedis: Tamaulipas jackrabbit (L. altamirae)
* Japanese hare (L. brachyurus)
* Black-tailed jackrabbit (L. californicus)
* White-sided jackrabbit (L. callotis)
* Cape hare (L. capensis)
* Corsican hare (L. corsicanus)
* Tehuantepec jackrabbit (L. flavigularis)
* Granada hare (L. granatensis)
* Abyssinian hare (L. habessinicus)
* Woolly hare (L. oiostolus)
* Scrub hare (L. saxatilis)
* White-tailed jackrabbit (L. townsendii)

Taxon identifiers

Sylvilagus gabbi|

* Wikidata: Q61722418
* Wikispecies: Sylvilagus gabbi
* CoL: 53N8Z
* GBIF: 8450537
* iNaturalist: 1353296
* ITIS: 1089948
* IUCN: 87491157
* MDD: 1001133
* Paleobiology Database: 235403

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