Title
Confirmation of the occurrence of Andean cottontail, Sylvilagus andinus (Thomas, 1897) (Leporidae, Lagomorpha), in Peru
Date Issued
2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Diaz S.
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
Sylvilagus andinus (Thomas, 1897) is a highland lagomorph from the Ecuadorean Paramos. Its distribution was ten-tatively believed to extend to northwestern Peru on the basis of ecological niche modeling and the inclusion of the Peruvian S. capsalis Thomas, 1913 as a synonym. Here, we confirm the occurrence of S. andinus in Peru by a mor-phological examination of seven new records from northwestern Peru and one new record from Ancash department in central Peru.
Start page
867
End page
873
Volume
18
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Forestal
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85135588173
Source
Check List
ISSN of the container
1809127X
Sponsor(s)
We want to thank the collectors of the specimens of Sylvilagus in the MUSM, including Lynn Marina Villalo-bos, Richard Cadenillas, Lucia Luna, Liz Huamani, and Alfonso Miranda. We also thank Sandra Velazco and Alicia Rodriguez for field support, and Andderson Solis for sharing with us his sighting records. We especially thank José Serrano-Villavicencio, Catherine Sahley, and Klauss Cervantes, as well as the editors Guilherme Gar-bino and Robert Forsyth, the reviewer Sergio Solari, and two anonymous reviewers, for providing valuable comments on the manuscript and improving the English. The non-profit organization Idea Wild donated equipment necessary for this work. This research was supported by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (RR no. 2020-01686 and project number B20100321, RR no. 2021-05753 and project number B21100031), and the Asociación de Mastozoólogos del Perú (Carta no. 002-AMP-2020 and code VP002).
Sources of information:
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