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Cottontail Rabbits

Sylvilagus incitatus

Classification

Family
Leporidae

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 it was 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.

Distribution

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