Robust cottontail

Robust cottontail
S. holzneri in the Chiricahua Mountains

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) (subspecies robustus only)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Sylvilagus
Species:
S. holzneri
Binomial name
Sylvilagus holzneri
(Mearns, 1896)
Subspecies
  • S. h. robustus (Bailey, 1905)
  • S. h. holzneri (Mearns, 1896)
  • S. h. hesperius Hoffmeister and Lee, 1963
Range of subspecies S. h. robustus
Synonyms

Sylvilagus cognatus Nelson, 1907

The Davis Mountains cottontail, robust cottontail or Holzner's cottontail (Sylvilagus holzneri) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to high-altitude regions of the southwestern United States and western Mexico.