Sylvilagus Gray 1867
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Lagomorpha
Leporidae
Sylvilagus

description: Sylvilagus Gray 1867
Sylvilagus Gray 1867, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20: 221.
Type Species: Lepus sylvaticus Bachman 1837
Synonyms: Hydrolagus Gray 1867; Limnolagus Mearns 1897; Paludilagus Hershkovitz 1950.
Species and subspecies: 17 species with 62 subspecies in 3 subgenera:
Subgenus Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) Gray 1867
Subgenus Sylvilagus (Tapeti) Gray 1867
Subgenus Sylvilagus (Microlagus) Trouessart 1897
Species Sylvilagus (Tapeti) aquaticus (Bachman 1837)
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) aquaticus subsp. aquaticus Bachman 1837
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) aquaticus subsp. littoralis Nelson 1909
Species Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii (Baird 1858)
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. audubonii Baird 1858
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. arizonae Mearns 1896
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. baileyi Merriam 1897
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. confinis J. Allen 1898
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. goldmani Nelson 1904
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. minor Mearns 1896
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. warreni Nelson 1907
Species Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani (Waterhouse 1839)
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. bachmani Waterhouse 1839
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. cerrosensis J. Allen 1898
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. cinerascens J. Allen 1890
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. exiguus Nelson 1907
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. howelli Huey 1927
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. ubericolor Miller 1899
Species Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. brasiliensis Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. andinus Thomas 1897
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. apollinaris Thomas 1920
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. capsalis Thomas 1913
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. caracasensis Mondolfi and Méndez Aroche 1957
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. chillae Anthony 1957
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. chotanus Hershkovitz 1938
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. defilippi Cornalia 1850
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. fulvescens J. Allen 1912
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. gibsoni Thomas 1918
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. inca Thomas 1913
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. kelloggi Anthony 1923
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. meridensis Thomas 1904
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. minensis Thomas 1901
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. paraguensis Thomas 1901
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. peruanus Hershkovitz 1950
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. sanctaemartae Hershkovitz 1950
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. surdaster Thomas 1901
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. tapetillus Thomas 1913
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. gabbi J. Allen 1877
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. truei J. Allen 1890
Species Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cognatus Nelson 1907
Species Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cunicularius (Waterhouse 1848)
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cunicularius subsp. cunicularius Waterhouse 1848
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cunicularius subsp. insolitus J. Allen 1890
Species Sylvilagus dicei Harris 1932
Species Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus J. A. Allen 1890
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. floridanus J. A. Allen 1890
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. alacer Bangs 1896
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. chapmani J. Allen 1899
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. holzneri Mearns 1896
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. mallurus Thomas 1898
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. aztecus J. Allen 1890
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. connectens Nelson 1904
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. hondurensis Goldman 1932
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. macrocorpus Diersing and Wilson 1980
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. orizabae Merriam 1893
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. yucatanicus Miller 1899
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. avius Osgood 1910
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. cumanicus Thomas 1897
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. margaritae Miller 1898
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. nigronuchalis Hartert 1894
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. orinoci Thomas 1900
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. purgatus Thomas 1920
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) floridanus subsp. superciliaris J. Allen 1899
Species Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) graysoni J. A. Allen 1877
Species Sylvilagus insonus Nelson 1904
Species Sylvilagus mansuetus Nelson 1907
Species Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) nuttallii (Bachman 1837)
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) nuttallii subsp. nuttallii Bachman 1837
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) nuttallii subsp. grangeri J. Allen 1895
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) nuttallii subsp. pinetis J. Allen 1894
Species Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) obscurus Chapman et al. 1992
Species Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris (Bachman 1837)
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris subsp. palustris Bachman 1837
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris subsp. hefneri Lazell 1984
Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris subsp. paludicola Miller and Bangs 1894
Species Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) robustus Bailey 1905
Species Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) transitionalis Bangs 1895
Species Sylvilagus (Tapeti) varynaensis Durant and Guevara 2001
Discussion: Formerly included Brachylagus as a subgenus; see Hall (1981:294); but see also Corbet (1983:14).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 185-211 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 207, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519