Sylvilagus floridanus J. A. Allen, 1890

Hoffman, Justin D., Lester, Courtney, Doucet, Darian & Iguwe, Damilola, 2024, UPDATED CHECKLIST AND DISTRIBUTION Of WILD TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS IN LOUISIANA, Occasional Papers of the Museum 389, pp. 1-28 : 11

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15748679

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15757058

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E2879C-0777-047B-3063-FD29B99E5BEF

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Felipe

scientific name

Sylvilagus floridanus J. A. Allen, 1890
status

 

Sylvilagus floridanus J. A. Allen, 1890 View in CoL

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus are found throughout Louisiana. Since Lowery (1974), new specimen records were reported from Bienville and Terrebonne parishes. Additionally, nonvouchered records were reported from Assumption and Beauregard parishes.

Specimen records (3).— Bienville Parish (2): 15 mi NW Gibsland, 32.698N, - 93.230W, 1 ( LSUMZ 19810 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 8 mi N, 6 mi W Quitman , 32.467N, - 92.826W, 1 ( LSUMZ 29118 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Terrebonne Parish (1): 5 mi N, 2 mi W Cocodrie, 29.319N, - 90.694W, 1 ( LSUMZ 28799 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Nonvouchered records (2).— Assumption Parish (1): Louisiana, USA, 29.956N, - 90.927W, 1 (iNaturalist, 12280275). GoogleMaps Beauregard Parish (1): 211 Bettye Loop, Longville, LA, US, 30.656N, - 93.210W, 1 (iNaturalist, 12258348) GoogleMaps .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Lagomorpha

Family

Leporidae

Genus

Sylvilagus

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