Lepus altamirae (Nelson, 1904)
Tamaulipas white-sided jackrabbit
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Lepus merriami altamirae Nelson, 1904; Lepus californicus altamirae (Nelson, 1904)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Silva-Caballero et al., 2022)
Distribution
Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Nelson, E. W. (1904). Descriptions of seven new rabbits from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17: 103-110.
Other references:
Nelson, E. W. (1909). The rabbits of North America. North American Fauna 29: 1-314.
Silva-Caballero, Adrián and Rosas-Rosas, Octavio Cesar. (2022). Rediscovery of the Tamaulipas white-sided jackrabbit (Lepus altamirae) after a century from its description. Therya Notes 3: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya_notes-22-59
Vargas, Karla et al. (2019). Reinstatement of the Tamaulipas white-sided jackrabbit, Lepus altamirae, based on DNA sequence data. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 90: e902520.