| Northern tapeti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Sylvilagus |
| Species: | S. incitatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sylvilagus incitatus (O. Bangs, 1901) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The northern tapeti (Sylvilagus incitatus) is a species of cottontail rabbit related to the Central American tapeti (Sylvilagus gabbi). Its type locality is an island in the Pearl Islands of Panama. Previously considered a subspecies of the Central American tapeti, and later of the common tapeti (Sylvilagus brasilensis) from 1950 onwards (though some studies still placed it as a subspecies of S. gabbi), it was split into its own separate species in 2019, with researchers noting its "bizarre dental anatomy".
The northern tapeti is one of two tapeti species other than the common tapeti located north of the Amazon River, with the other being the Santa Marta tapeti.
References
- ^ "Sylvilagus incitatus (Bangs, 1901)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ Ruedas, Luis A; Silva, Sofia Marques; French, Johnnie H; Platt, Roy Nelson; Salazar-Bravo, Jorge; Mora, José M; Thompson, Cody W (2019-10-22). Rogers, Duke (ed.). "Taxonomy of the Sylvilagus brasiliensis complex in Central and South America (Lagomorpha: Leporidae)". Journal of Mammalogy. 100 (5): 1599–1630. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz126. ISSN 0022-2372.
- Nelson, Edward William (1909). The Rabbits of North America. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Hershkovitz, Philip (1962). Evolution of neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. : Chicago Natural History Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2781.
- Diersing, V. E. (1981-08-20). "Systematic Status of Sylvilagus brasiliensis and S. insonus from North America". Journal of Mammalogy. 62 (3): 539–556. doi:10.2307/1380401. ISSN 1545-1542.
- Smith, Andrew T.; Johnston, Charlotte H.; Alves, Paulo C.; Hackländer, Klaus, eds. (2018). "Sylvilagus brasiliensis sensu stricto". Lagomorphs: Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-2341-8. LCCN 2017004268.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Sylvilagus incitatus | |
| Lepus incitatus | |