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Scientific Name
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
European rabbit
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Subclass | Theria |
| Infraclass | Eutheria |
| Order | Lagomorpha |
| Family | Leporidae |
| Genus | Oryctolagus |
| Species | Oryctolagus cuniculus |
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Case saw some domestic rabbits living beneath old store building at ghost town on the bay of South Manitou. Boy on the island stated that they were pets which he liberated a few yrs earlier & that they had apparently not increased in number (Hatt 1948).; Data Source: Spencer and Bautz review of species list, 2003; Hatt 1948
Nativeness
Non-native
Abundance
Unknown
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
DML
Created Date
8/28/2000 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Leah Kainulainen
Last Modified Date
9/2/2005 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: Recorded from South Manitou Island., Park Species Data Source: Hatt, R. T., J. Van Tyne, L. C. Stuart, S. C. Pope and A. B. Grobman. 1948. Island Life: A Study of the Land Vertebrates of the Islands of Eastern Lake Michigan. Cranbrook Press, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Spencer, E. and R. Bautz. 2003. Letter to J. Elias. Small mammal species list review for six parks
