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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

 

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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.

 

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