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Santa Marta tapeti
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Sylvilagus
Species:	S. sanctaemartae
Binomial name
Sylvilagus sanctaemartae (P. Hershkovitz, 1950)
Synonyms
Sylvilagus brasiliensis sanctaemartae P. Hershkovitz (1950)

The Santa Marta tapeti (Sylvilagus sanctaemartae) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to the lowlands of northern Colombia. 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. 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.

References

1. Ruedas, L.A.; Smith, A.T. (2019). "Sylvilagus sanctaemartae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T142642715A165117201. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T142642715A165117201.en. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
2. "Sylvilagus sanctaemartae Hershkovitz, 1950". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
3. 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. 98 (6): 1641–1656. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyx133. ISSN 0022-2372.
4. 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". University of Michigan. 205. ISSN 0076-8405.
5. "Lagomorphs (rabbits & hares)", A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of South America, Princeton University Press, pp. 79–82, 2024-12-31, doi:10.1515/9780691254975-012, ISBN 978-0-691-25497-5, retrieved 2024-10-07
6. Hershkovitz, Philip (1950). "Mammals of northern Colombia, preliminary report No. 6 : Rabbits (Leporidae), with notes on the classification and distribution of the South American forms". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 100. Washington Smithsonian Institution Press: 353–355.

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