Santa Marta tapeti

Santa Marta tapeti
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Sylvilagus
Species:	S. sanctaemartae
Binomial name
Sylvilagus sanctaemartae (P. Hershkovitz, 1950) [2]
Synonyms
Sylvilagus brasiliensis sanctaemartae P. Hershkovitz (1950)

The Santa Marta tapeti (Sylvilagus sanctaemartae) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to the lowlands of northern Colombia. ^[3] It was previously considered a subspecies of the common tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) but analysis in 2017 confirmed that it is sufficiently distinct in both appearance and genetics to be considered a species in its own right. ^{[4] [5]} The name Santa Marta tapeti is derived from the mountain range where the species was first discovered (its type locality), the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. ^[6]

References

1. Ruedas, L.A.; Smith, A.T. (2019). "Sylvilagus sanctaemartae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T142642715A165117201. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T142642715A165117201.en . Retrieved 7 October 2024.
2. "Sylvilagus sanctaemartae Hershkovitz, 1950". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
3. Diersing, Victor E; Wilson, Don E (2017-12-01). "Systematic status of the rabbits Sylvilagus brasiliensis and S. sanctaemartae from northwestern South America with comparisons to Central American populations". Journal of Mammalogy. 98 (6): 1641–1656. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyx133. ISSN   0022-2372.
4. 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.
5. "Lagomorphs (rabbits & hares)" , A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of South America, Princeton University Press, pp. 79–82, 2024-12-31, doi:10.1515/9780691254975-012, ISBN   978-0-691-25497-5 , retrieved 2024-10-07
6. Hershkovitz, Philip (1950). "Mammals of northern Colombia, preliminary report No. 6 : Rabbits (Leporidae), with notes on the classification and distribution of the South American forms". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 100. Washington Smithsonian Institution Press: 353–355.