Robust cottontail

Robust cottontail
S. h. robustus in Big Bend National Park

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1] (subspecies robustus only)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Sylvilagus
Species:
S. holzneri
Binomial name
Sylvilagus holzneri
(Mearns, 1896)
Subspecies
  • S. h. robustus (Bailey, 1905)
  • S. h. holzneri (Mearns, 1896)
  • S. h. hesperius Hoffmeister and Lee, 1963
Range of subspecies S. h. robustus
Synonyms

Sylvilagus cognatus Nelson, 1907

The robust cottontail or Holzner's cottontail (Sylvilagus holzneri) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to high-altitude regions of the southwestern United States and western Mexico.[2]

  1. ^ Ruedas, L. & Smith, A.T. (2020) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Sylvilagus robustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T41310A165116781.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-09-09.