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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Sylvilagus
--> SUBGENUS Sylvilagus
SPECIES Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) obscurus
| Author: | Chapman et al., 1992. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 105(4): 858. | | Common Name: | Appalachian Cottontail | | Type Locality: | "Dolly Sods Scenic Area, Grant Co. West Virginia." | | Distribution: | N Pennsylvania south and west along the Appalachian Mtns to N Alabama. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Sylvilagus. Ruedas (1986), and Ruedas et al. (1989) were the first to compare chromosomes of S. transitionalis (see below) and to discover the existence of two cytotypes, 2n=52 in the N Appalachians (transitionalis proper), and 2n=46 in the S Appalachians; the latter was eventually named obscurus (Chapman et al., 1992). |
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