Order Lagomorpha
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
185
211
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Lepus flavigularis
Wagner 1844
Lepus flavigularis
Wagner 1844
,
in: Schreber, Die Saugethiere, Suppl. 4: 106
.
Type Locality:
"
Mexico
" Restricted by
Elliot (1905:543)
to San Mateo del Mar, Tehuantepec [City,
Oaxaca
,
Mexico
].
Vernacular Names:
Tehuantepec Jackrabbit
.
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
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Endangered; likely to be reclassified as
IUCN
– Critically Endangered.
Discussion:
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).