Tres Marias Rabbit

Tres Marias Cottontail[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Sylvilagus
Species: S. graysoni
Binomial name
Sylvilagus graysoni
(J.A. Allen, 1877)
Tres Marias Cottontail range

The Tres Marias Cottontail or Tres Marias Rabbit (Sylvilagus graysoni) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae.[1] It is endemic to the Tres Marias Islands, part of the Mexican state of Nayarit.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ a b Hoffman, Robert S.; Smith, Andrew T. (16 November 2005). "Order Lagomorpha (pp. 185-211)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 210. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13500349. 
  2. ^ a b Mexican Association for Conservation and Study of Lagomorphs (AMCELA), Romero Malpica, F. J. & Rangel Cordero, H. (2008). "Sylvilagus graysoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21206. Retrieved 2011-02-25.