Mexican cottontail

Mexican cottontail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Sylvilagus
Species:
S. cunicularius
Binomial name
Sylvilagus cunicularius
(Waterhouse, 1848)
Mexican cottontail range
Synonyms[5]

Lepus cunicularius Waterhouse, 1848[2]
Lepus vera-crucis Thomas, 1890[3]
Lepus insolitus Allen, 1890[4]

The Mexican cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius) is a species of cottontail rabbit in the family Leporidae.[6] It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests and pastureland.

  1. ^ Lorenzo, C.; Lanier, H.C. (2019). "Sylvilagus cunicularius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21211A45181292. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T21211A45181292.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Waterhouse 1848 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Thomas 1890 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Allen 1890 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cervantes 1992 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Hoffman, R.S.; Smith, A.T. (2005). "Order Lagomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.