Tres Marias cottontail [1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Lagomorpha |
Family: | Leporidae |
Genus: | Sylvilagus |
Species: | S. graysoni
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Binomial name | |
Sylvilagus graysoni (
J. A. Allen, 1877)
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Tres Marias cottontail range |
The Tres Marias cottontail or Tres Marias rabbit (Sylvilagus graysoni) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. [1]
It is endemic to the Tres Marias Islands, part of the Mexican state of Nayarit. [2] The rabbit is abundantly found in both the Madre and Magdalena islands but only has some occurrences in the Cleofa island. [3] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
The rabbit only has three predators - the Tres Marias raccoon (Procyon lotor insularis), a subspecies of the common raccoon, and two birds of prey: the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) and the crested caracara (Caracara plancus). [3]