Appalachian Cottontail

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Appalachian Cottontail

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Sylvilagus
Species:	S. obscurus
Binomial name
*Sylvilagus obscurus* Chapman, Cramer, Dippenaar, & Robinson, 1992

The Appalachian Cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus) is a species of cottontail rabbit in the Leporidae family. It is endemic to the United States.

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Extant Lagomorpha species

Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Mammalia · Infraclass Eutheria · Superorder Euarchontoglires

Family Ochotonidae (Pikas)

Ochotona

Subgenus Pika: Alpine Pika (O. alpina) · Helan Shan Pika (O. argentata) · Collared Pika (O. collaris) · Hoffmann's Pika (O. hoffmanni) · Northern Pika (O. hyperborea) · Pallas's Pika (O. pallasi) · American Pika (O. princeps) · Turuchan Pika (O. turuchanensis)
Subgenus Ochotona: Gansu Pika (O. cansus) · Plateau Pika (O. curzoniae) · Daurian Pika (O. dauurica) · Tsing-ling Pika (O. huangensis) · Nubra Pika (O. nubrica) · Steppe Pika (O. pusilla) · Afghan Pika (O. rufescens) · Moupin Pika (O. thibetana) · Thomas's Pika (O. thomasi)
Subgenus Conothoa: Chinese Red Pika (O. erythrotis) · Forrest's Pika (O. forresti) · Gaoligong Pika (O. gaoligongensis) · Glover's Pika (O. gloveri) · Himalayan Pika (O. himalayana) · Ili Pika (O. iliensis) · Koslov's Pika (O. koslowi) · Ladak Pika (O. ladacensis) · Large-eared Pika (O. macrotis) · Muli Pika (O. muliensis) · Black Pika (O. nigritia) · Royle's Pika (O. roylei) · Turkestan Red Pika (O. rutila)

Family Leporidae

(includes Rabbits)

Pentalagus	Amami Rabbit (P. furnessi)

Bunolagus	Riverine Rabbit (B. monticularis)

Nesolagus	Sumatran Striped Rabbit (N. netscheri) · Annamite Striped Rabbit (N. timminsi)

Romerolagus	Volcano Rabbit (R. diazi)

Brachylagus	Pygmy Rabbit (B. idahoensis)

Sylvilagus (Cottontail rabbits)	Subgenus Tapeti: Swamp Rabbit (S. aquaticus) · Tapeti (S. brasiliensis) · Dice's Cottontail (S. dicei) · Omilteme Cottontail (S. insonus) · Marsh Rabbit (S. palustris) · Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit (S. varynaensis) Subgenus Sylvilagus: Desert Cottontail (S. audubonii) · Manzano Mountain Cottontail (S. cognatus) · Mexican Cottontail (S. cunicularis) · Eastern Cottontail (S. floridanus) · Tres Marias Rabbit (S. graysoni) · Mountain Cottontail (S. nuttallii) · *Appalachian Cottontail (S. obscurus)* · Robust Rabbit (S. robustus) Subgenus Microlagus: Brush Rabbit (S. bachmani) · San Jose Brush Rabbit (S. mansuetus)

Oryctolagus	European Rabbit (O. cuniculus)

Poelagus	Bunyoro Rabbit (P. marjorita)

Pronolagus (Red rock hares)	Natal Red Rock Hare (P. crassicaudatus) · Jameson's Red Rock Hare (P. randensis) · Smith's Red Rock Hare (P. rupestris)

Caprolagus	Hispid Hare (C. hispidus)

Lepus (Hares)	Subgenus Macrotolagus: Antelope Jackrabbit (L. alleni) Subgenus Poecilolagus: Snowshoe Hare (L. americanus) Subgenus Lepus: Arctic Hare (L. arcticus) · Alaskan Hare (L. othus) · Mountain Hare (L. timidus) Subgenus Proeulagus: Black-tailed Jackrabbit (L. californicus) · White-sided Jackrabbit (L. callotis) · Cape Hare (L. capensis) · Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (L. flavigularis) · Black Jackrabbit (L. insularis) · Scrub Hare (L. saxatilis) · Desert Hare (L. tibetanus) · Tolai Hare (L. tolai) Subgenus Eulagos: Broom Hare (L. castrovieoi) · Yunnan Hare (L. comus) · Korean Hare (L. coreanus) · Corsican Hare (L. corsicanus) · European Hare (L. europaeus) · Granada Hare (L. granatensis) · Manchurian Hare (L. mandschuricus) · Woolly Hare (L. oiostolus) · Ethiopian Highland Hare (L. starcki) · White-tailed Jackrabbit (L. townsendii) Subgenus Sabanalagus: Ethiopian Hare (L. fagani) · African Savanna Hare (L. microtis) Subgenus Indolagus: Hainan Hare (L. hainanus) · Indian Hare (L. nigricollis) · Burmese Hare (L. peguensis) Subgenus Sinolagus: Chinese Hare (L. sinensis) Subgenus Tarimolagus: Yarkand Hare (L. yarkandensis) Subgenus incertae sedis: Japanese Hare (L. brachyurus) · Abyssinian Hare (L. habessinicus)