Biology:Andean cottontail
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Short description: Species of mammal
| Andean cottontail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Sylvilagus |
| Species: | S. andinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sylvilagus andinus Thomas, 1897
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| Synonyms | |
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Sylvilagus brasiliensis andinus Thomas, 1897 | |
The Andean cottontail (Sylvilagus andinus) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador. It was previously considered a subspecies of the tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis). Living at high elevations in the treeless Páramo of the Andes, analysis in 2017 confirmed that it is sufficiently distinct in both appearance and genetics to be considered a species in its own right.[2] Although widespread, it remains poorly known, as few studies have been conducted on its biology and habits as distinct from those of the tapeti.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ruedas, A.R.; Smith, A.T. (2019). "Sylvilagus andinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T142541491A142541563. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T142541491A142541563.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/142541491/142541563. 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". University of Michigan 205. ISSN 0076-8405.
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