Northern tapeti
Species of mammal
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The northern tapeti (Sylvilagus incitatus) is a species of cottontail rabbit related to the Central American tapeti (Sylvilagus gabbi). Its type locality is an island in the Pearl Islands of Panama.[2] Previously it was considered a subspecies of the Central American tapeti, and later of the common tapeti (Sylvilagus brasilensis) from 1950 onwards[4] (though some studies still placed it as a subspecies of S. gabbi[5]), it was split into its own separate species in 2019,[1] with researchers noting its "bizarre dental anatomy".[2]
| Northern tapeti[1] | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Sylvilagus |
| Species: | S. incitatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sylvilagus incitatus (O. Bangs, 1901) | |
| Synonyms | |
The northern tapeti is one of two tapeti species other than the common tapeti located north of the Amazon River, with the other being the Santa Marta tapeti.[6]