Central American tapeti

The Central American tapeti, Sylvilagus gabbi, also called Gabb's cottontail, is a cottontail rabbit native to southern Mexico and much of Central America. It was previously considered a subspecies of the common tapeti, but an analysis in 2017 confirmed that it is distinct enough in appearance and genetics to be a species in its own right, and it is closely related to the northern tapeti, which some authors treat as a subspecies. The name Gabb's cottontail honours the American paleontologist William More Gabb. There are six subspecies: the nominate one is widespread through eastern Costa Rica, eastern Nicaragua, Honduras and eastern Panama, a second is found in southern Belize, Guatemala and southeastern Mexico, and the remaining forms are less common, one known only from Isla del Rey in Panama.