Sylvilagus obscurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leporoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Duplicidentata Ordo: Lagomorpha Superfamilia: Leporoidea

Sylvilagus obscurus Chapman, Cramer, Dippenaar & Robinson, 1992: 858

Holotype: USNM 567187, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Joseph A. Chapman on 8 April 1974.
Type locality: “Dolly Sods Scenic Area, Grant Co., West Virginia”, United States.

Chapman, J.A., Cramer, K.L., Dippenaar, N.J. & Robinson, T.J. 1992. Systematics and biogeography of the New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis (Bangs, 1895), with the description of a new species from the Appalachian Mountains. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(4): 841–866. BHL Reference page.

Barry, R. & Lanier, H.C. 2019. IUCN: Sylvilagus obscurus (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T41301A45192437. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T41301A45192437.en. Accessed on 22 August 2026.