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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Sylvilagus
--> SUBGENUS Tapeti
SPECIES Sylvilagus (Tapeti) varynaensis
| Author: | Durant and Guevara, 2001. | | Citation: | Revista de Biologia Tropical, 49(1): 370. | | Common Name: | Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit | | Type Locality: | "Fundo Millano (8E46'LN and 69E56'LW), 146 m elevation, 18 km NE of the town of Sabaneta, Distrito Obispos, state of Barinas [Venezuela]." | | Distribution: | Presently known only from the states of Barinas, Guarico, and Portuguesa, Venezuela. | | Status: | Not Evaluated; likely endangered. | | Comments: | Subgenus Tapeti. Probably sympatric with S. brasiliensis and S. floridanus, but larger than either (Durant and Guevara, 2001). |
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