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Lepus flavigularis Wagner 1844

Description

Lepus flavigularis Wagner 1844

Lepus flavigularis Wagner 1844, in: Schreber, Die Saugethiere, Suppl. 4: 106.

Type Locality: " Mexico " Restricted by Elliot (1905:543) to San Mateo del Mar, Tehuantepec [City, Oaxaca, Mexico].

Vernacular Names: Tehuantepec Jackrabbit.

Distribution: Coastal plains and bordering foothills on south end of Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca, Mexico), along Pacific coast to Chiapas (Mexico); now restricted to small area between Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, and extreme W Chiapas.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered; likely to be reclassified as IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Proeulagus (Gureev, 1964:193) or Macrotolagus (Averianov, 1998). Closely related to callotis, with which it has an isolated allopatric distribution; see Anderson and Gaunt (1962); also see Hall (1981:330). Karyotype reported by Uribe-Alcocer et al. (1989). Reviewed by Cervantes (1993, Mammalian Species, 423).

Notes

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 199, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wagner
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Lagomorpha
Family
Leporidae
Genus
Lepus
Species
flavigularis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lepus flavigularis Wagner, 1844 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Elliot, D. G. 1905. A checklist of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Field Columbian Museum, Publication 105, Zoological Series, 6: 1 - 761.
  • Gureev, A. A. 1964. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, tom. 3, vyp. 10, Zaitseobraznye (Lagomorpha) [Fauna of the USSR, mammals, vol. 3, pt. 10, Lagomorpha]. Nauka, Moscow-Leningrad, 276 pp. (in Russian).
  • Averianov, A. O. 1998. Podrodovaya sistematika zaitsev roda Lepus (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) [Sub-generic systematics of the hares, genus Lepus ...]. Byulletin' Moskovskovo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii, 103 (1): 3 - 8 (in Russian with English summary).
  • Anderson, S., and A. S. Gaunt. 1962. A classification of white-sided jack rabbits of Mexico. American Museum Novitates, 2088: 1 - 16.
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
  • Uribe-Alcocer, M., F. A. Cervantes-Reza, C. Lorenzo-Monterrubio, and L. Guerena-Gandara. 1989. Karyotype of the tropical hare (Lepus flavigularis, Leporidae). Southwestern Naturalist, 34: 304 - 306.