Santa Marta tapeti explained

The Santa Marta tapeti (Sylvilagus sanctaemartae) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to the lowlands of northern Colombia.^[1] It was previously considered a subspecies of the common tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) but analysis in 2017 confirmed that it is sufficiently distinct in both appearance and genetics to be considered a species in its own right.^[2] The name Santa Marta tapeti is derived from the mountain range where the species was first discovered (its type locality), the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Diersing . Victor E . Wilson . Don E . 2017-12-01 . Systematic status of the rabbits Sylvilagus brasiliensis and S. sanctaemartae from northwestern South America with comparisons to Central American populations . Journal of Mammalogy . en . 98 . 6 . 1641–1656 . 10.1093/jmammal/gyx133 . 0022-2372.
2. Ruedas . French . Silva . Platt II . Salazar-Bravo . Mora . Thompson . 2017 . A prolegomenon to the systematics of South American cottontail rabbits (Mammalia, Lagomorpha, Leporidae: Sylvilagus): designation of a neotype for S. brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758), and restoration of S. andinus (Thomas, 1897) and S. tapetillus Thomas, 1913 . . 205 . 0076-8405.
3. Mammals of northern Colombia, preliminary report No. 6 : Rabbits (Leporidae), with notes on the classification and distribution of the South American forms . Hershkovitz . Philip . 1950 . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 100 . 353-355 . Washington Smithsonian Institution Press.