@article{198576fbc5a6410aa560294a3a7aceed,
title = "Taxonomy of the Sylvilagus brasiliensis complex in Central and South America (Lagomorpha: Leporidae)",
abstract = "A taxonomic framework for South American cottontail rabbits (Lagomorpha: Leporidae: Sylvilagus) was recently published by Diersing and Wilson (2017). Although we agree with some of its taxonomic conclusions (e.g., species status for S. apollinaris and S. fulvescens), we disagree with others. We provide herein evidence supporting S. andinus as a valid species based on morphological characters and novel molecular data. We also provide details of the morphological characters of S. apollinaris and S. fulvescens that support separating these from S. brasiliensis. We adduce data suggestive to the effect that - absent any type material - S. defilippi is at best a nomen dubium. Finally, we provide evidence in support of recognizing additional Neotropical species of Sylvilagus.",
keywords = "Andes, Colombia, Ecuador, Neotropics, Peru, Venezuela, biodiversity, conservation, integrative taxonomy",
author = "Ruedas, {Luis A.} and Silva, {Sofia Marques} and French, {Johnnie H.} and Platt, {Roy Nelson} and Jorge Salazar-Bravo and Mora, {Jos{\'e} M.} and Thompson, {Cody W.}",
note = "Funding Information: LAR and JS-B received funding for portions of this work from NSF grant DEB-0616305. SMS was funded by CNPq Universal 447460/2014-5. JMM undertook portions of this work under the auspices of Project SIA-0286-16 from the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. We are grateful to museum curators for having been granted permission to examine the holotypes under their care: A. L. Gardner (USNM; along with D. P. Lunde, J. J. Ososky, and S. C. Peurach), R. Portela M{\'i}guez (MNH-London, along with L. Tomsett), and R. S. Voss (AMNH; along with E. Hoeger, B. O{\textquoteright}Toole, and E. Westwig). Conversations with A. L. Gardner and R. S. Voss were particularly interesting and fruitful. J. R. Wible (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) kindly answered numerous questions relating to fine details of cranial osteology that helped vastly improve the interspecific morphological comparisons; we are particularly grateful for his monumental 2007 work on the osteology of the Lagomorpha. An interesting tangential conversation with E. G. Pringle (University of Nevada— Reno) resulted in the realization of a critical part of the puzzle. M. Omura (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard) kindly confirmed details of the cranial and particularly the bizarre dental anatomy of the holotype of S. incitatus. R. M. Brown generously discussed species concepts with us and greatly improved those areas of this manuscript. D. A. Duffield (Portland State University) provided critical and critically timed bibliographic assistance. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their invaluable comments, which greatly improved this paper. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 American Society of Mammalogists.",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1093/jmammal/gyz126",
language = "English",
volume = "100",
pages = "1599--1630",
journal = "Journal of Mammalogy",
issn = "0022-2372",
number = "5",
}