Sylvilagus mansuetus

– Lower Risk Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

LAGOMORPHA

Family:

LEPORIDAE

Scientific Name:

Sylvilagus mansuetus

Species Authority:

Nelson, 1907

Common Name/s:

English

—

SAN JOSE BRUSH RABBIT

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

LR/nt ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Lagomorph Specialist Group

History:

1994

Indeterminate (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Range Description:	This rabbit is found only on San Jose Island, Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico. San Jose Island is one of the largest islands in the California Gulf (194 km²). It's arid vegetation is dominated by cacti and other succulent plants.
Countries:	Native: Mexico (Baja California)

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Threats

List of Threats:

2.1	Invasive alien species (directly affecting the species) - Competitors (ongoing)
2.2	Invasive alien species (directly affecting the species) - Predators (ongoing)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Chapman, J.A. and Flux, J.E.C. (compilers and editors) 1990. Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas: a Status Survey and Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Lagomorph Specialist Group. IUCN/SSC, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Lagomorph Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website

Mace, G.M. and Balmford, A. 2000. Patterns and processes in contemporary mammalian extinction. In: A. Entwhistle and N. Dunstone (eds) Priorities for the Conservation of Mammalian Diversity. Has the Panda had its day?, pp. 27-52. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Citation:	Lagomorph Specialist Group 1996. Sylvilagus mansuetus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2008.
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