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Rio de Janeiro Dwarf Cottontail

Sylvilagus tapetillus

Classification

Family
Leporidae

The coastal tapeti (Sylvilagus tapetillus), also known as the Rio de Janeiro dwarf cottontail or dwarf tapeti, is a species of cottontail rabbit native to Brazil. Known only from three specimens captured in the late nineteenth century in the Paraíba Valley, it was for a long time considered to be a smaller-sized subspecies of the common tapeti. Analysis in 2017 confirmed that it is sufficiently distinct in both appearance and genetics to be considered a species in its own right.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 1