Sylvilagus dicei, Harris, 1932
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03822308-B748-FFF6-FF6F-FC82FDDAFF45 |
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Dice’s Cottontail
French: Lapin de Dice / German: Dice-Baumwollschwanzkaninchen / Spanish: Conejo de Dice
Taxonomy. Sylvilagus dicei Harris, 1932 View in CoL ,
“El Copey de Dota, in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica ... 6000 feet [1829 m].”
Sylvilagus dicei was formerly a subspecies of S. brasiliensis . Monotypic.
Distribution. Cordillera de Talamanca (SC Costa Rica and W Panama). View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 390-450 mm, tail 15-29 mm, ear 49-54 mm, hindfoot 90-99 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Dice’s Cottontail is large and has rudimentary tail and short ears. Dorsal pelage is a mix of blacks and browns, and sides are blackish gray. Ventral fur is whitish, except for brownish throat patch. Tail is blackish and often not visible.
Habitat. Paramos grasslands, shrublands, and oak cloud forests. Dice’s Cottontail inhabits high elevations from 1524 m in Cervantes up to 3536 m in Cerro Chirropo, Costa Rica, and 1219 m at Boquete and 1615 m at Cerro Punta, Panama.
Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. There is no information available for this species.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Dice’s Cottontail is poorly known, and little data are available on its population status, although it seems common in the Andean Paramos and highland forests of Panama and Costa Rica. Nevertheless, locals report that it was previously more common and had a larger distribution that extended to lower elevations that have been converted to cattle pasture and agricultural land. Dice’s Cottontail is probably endangered due to its small distribution, invasive predators such as Coyotes (Canis latrans) that follow cattle, human-caused fire, and habitat loss due to forest logging for pasture. Nevertheless, the entire distribution of Dice’s Cottontail is within protected areas. Studies on its distribution, population status, conservation threats, biology, and ecology are urgent priorities.
Bibliography. Diersing (1981), Hall (1981), Harris (1932), Hershkovitz (1950), Hoffmann & Smith (2005), Reid (2009), Smith & Boyer (2008d).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Sylvilagus dicei
| Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier 2016 |
Sylvilagus dicei
| Harris 1932 |