Editing Cottontail rabbit (section)

== Species ==
[[File:Fossil Sylvilagus.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pleistocene]] fossil]]

The subgenera were described in the 19th century based on limited morphological data that have been shown to not be of great use, nor to depict phylogenetic relationships.  Molecular studies (limited in scope to the mitochondrial 12S gene) have shown that the currently accepted subgeneric structure,<ref name = MSW3/> while of some heuristic value, is unlikely to withstand additional scrutiny.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Ruedas LA, Silva SM, French JM, ((Platt II RN)), Salazar-Bravo J, Mora JM, Thompson CW |date=February 9, 2017 |title=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 |journal=Miscellaneous Publications |publisher=Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan |location=Ann Arbor |issue=205 |pages=i-iv, 1–67 |issn=0076-8405 |hdl=2027.42/136089 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
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! Subgenus
! Image
! Common name
! Scientific name
! Distribution
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! style="text-align:center;" | ''Microlagus''
|[[File:Sylvilagus bachmani 01035t.JPG|120px]]
|[[Brush rabbit]]
|''Sylvilagus bachmani''
|West coast of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Isolated subspecies, [[San Jose brush rabbit]], on San José Island in the Gulf of California. 
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! rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;" | ''Sylvilagus''
|[[File:Joshua Tree NP - Cottontail - 1d.jpg|120px]]
|[[Desert cottontail]]
|''Sylvilagus audubonii''
| Western United States from eastern Montana to western Texas, California and in Northern and Central Mexico
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|[[File:Sylvilagus cunicularius2.jpg|120px]]
|[[Mexican cottontail]]
|''Sylvilagus cunicularius''
|Mexico from the state of Sinaloa to the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz
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|[[File:Tochtli-Rabbit-Conejo.jpg|120px]]
|[[Eastern cottontail]]
|''Sylvilagus floridanus''
|eastern and south-central United States, southern Canada, eastern Mexico, Central America and northernmost South America
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|[[File:Sylvilagus graysoni.jpg|120px]]
|[[Tres Marias cottontail]]
|''Sylvilagus graysoni''
| Tres Marias Islands, Mexico
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|[[File:Sylvilagus nuttallii (29723452411).jpg|120px]]
|[[Mountain cottontail]]
|''Sylvilagus nuttallii''
| [[Intermountain west]] of Canada and the United States 
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|[[File:Sylvilagus obscurus 1.jpg|120px]]
| [[Appalachian cottontail]] or Allegheny cottontail
|''Sylvilagus obscurus''
|eastern United States
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|[[File:Sylvilagus robustus imported from iNaturalist photo 64270774 on 9 September 2021.jpg|frameless|120x120px]]
|[[Robust cottontail]]
|''Sylvilagus holzneri''
|southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico
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|[[File:New England cottontail rabbit animal sylvilagus transitionalis.jpg|120px]]
|[[New England cottontail]]
|''Sylvilagus transitionalis''
| New England, specifically from southern Maine to southern New York
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! rowspan="18" style="text-align:center;" | ''Tapeti''
|[[File:Sylvilagus brasiliensis andinus (12687595295).jpg|frameless|119x119px]]
|[[Andean tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus andinus''
| Venezuela south to Peru
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|[[Bogota tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus apollinaris''
|Colombia
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|[[File:Swamp Rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus).jpg|120px]]
|[[Swamp rabbit]]
|''Sylvilagus aquaticus'' 
|  southern United States 
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|[[File:Sylvilagus brasiliensis1.jpg|120px]]
|[[Common tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus brasiliensis'' 
| Brazil (Venezuela to Argentina when the many unclassified populations are included)
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|[[Ecuadorian tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus daulensis''
|Ecuador
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|[[Dice's cottontail]]
|''Sylvilagus dicei'' 
| Costa Rica and Panama
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|[[Fulvous tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus fulvescens''
|Colombia
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|[[Central American tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus gabbi''
|Mexico to Panama
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|[[Northern tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus incitatus''
|San Miguel Island, Panama
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|[[Omilteme cottontail]]
|''Sylvilagus insonus''
|  Guerrero, Mexico
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|[[Nicefor's tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus nicefori''
|Colombia
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|[[File:Marsh Rabbit.jpg|120px]]
|[[Marsh rabbit]]
|''Sylvilagus palustris''
| southeastern United States
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|[[Suriname tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus parentum''
|  western Suriname
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|[[Colombian tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus salentus''
|Colombia
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|[[Santa Marta tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus sanctaemartae''
|Colombia
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|[[Western tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus surdaster''
|Ecuador
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| [[Coastal tapeti]]
|''Sylvilagus tapetillus''
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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|[[Venezuelan lowland rabbit]]
|''Sylvilagus varynaensis''
| western Venezuela
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[[File:Sylvilagus webbi FLMNH.jpg|thumb|Fossil skeleton of the extinct [[Early Pleistocene]]-aged ''[[Sylvilagus webbi]]'', [[Florida Museum of Natural History]]|left]]

=== Prehistoric species ===
*''[[Sylvilagus hibbardi]]'' (Early-Mid Pleistocene) {{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''[[Sylvilagus leonensis]]'' - Dwarf cottontail (Late Pleistocene)
*''[[Sylvilagus webbi]]'' (Pleistocene) {{citation needed|date=July 2021}}