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--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS ? [see comments under species]
SPECIES Lepus (? [see comments under species]) flavigularis
| Author: | Wagner, 1844. | | Citation: | In Schreber, Die Säugethiere ..., Suppl. 4: 106. | | Common Name: | Tehuantepec Jackrabbit | | Type Locality: | "Mexico" Restricted by Elliot (1905:543) to San Mateo del Mar, Tehuantepec [City, Oaxaca, Mexico]. | | Distribution: | Coastal plains and bordering foothills on south end of Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca, Mexico), along Pacific coast to Chiapas (Mexico); now restricted to small area between Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, and extreme W Chiapas. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered; likely to be reclassified as IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Subgenus Proeulagus (Gureev, 1964:193) or Macrotolagus (Averianov, 1998). Closely related to callotis, with which it has an isolated allopatric distribution; see Anderson and Gaunt (1962); also see Hall (1981:330). Karyotype reported by Uribe-Alcocer et al. (1989). Reviewed by Cervantes (1993, Mammalian Species, 423). |
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