Monday, January 18, 2010

What is the taxonomic order of a cottontail rabbit?

I know so far Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Lagmorpha, Family Leporidae, Genus Sylvilagus, Species Sylvilagus floridanus....





but i'm lost if these are correct and I need to know SubPhylum, SubOrders, etc. if they exist and im lost!What is the taxonomic order of a cottontail rabbit?
It is eastern cottontailed rabbit.





Kingdom: Animalia


Subkingdom: Bilateria


Branch: Deuterostomia


Infrakingdom:


Phylum: Chordata


Subphylum: Vertebrata


Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates


Superclass: Tetrapoda


Series: Amniota


Class: Mammalia


Subclass: Theriiformes


Infraclass: Holotheria


Superlegion: Trechnotheria


Sublegion: Zatheria


Infralegion: Tribosphenida


Supercohort: Theria


Cohort: Placentalia


Superorder: Preptotheria


Grandorder: Anagalida


Mirorder: Duplicidentata


Order: Lagomorpha


Family: Leporidae


Genus: Sylvilagus


Specific name: floridanus


http://zipcodezoo.com/animals/s/sylvilag鈥?/a>What is the taxonomic order of a cottontail rabbit?
yeah that's the correct order for Linean classification. There is no listed suborder etc.


However there are several species http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/si鈥?/a>
Well done on what you have so far. ';Cottontail'; is a loose grouping of similar species. There are eastern cottontails, swamp cottontails, Nuttall's cottontails, desert cottontails and more. All of these are genus Sylvilagus. In Arizona, we have the desert cottontail, S. audubonii, the eastern, S. floridanus, and the high-elevation Nuttall's, S. nuttallii, with the pygmy rabbit (S. idahoensis) found in Utah about 40 miles north of Arizona. For subspecies identification, check a book about the specific area you want.

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