After White, 1991, and Nowak, 1991
<==o Sylvilagus Gray, 1867 [Palaeotapeti] (“amerikankaniinit”) |-- †S. hibbardi White, 1984 |-- †S. webbi |-- S. brasiliensis (metsäkaniini) |-- S. dicei (dice's cottontail) |--o S. bachmani (pensaskaniini) | |-- S. b. bachmani ()? | `-- S. b. riparius ((San Jonquain -joki)) |-- S. mansuetus (saarikaniini) |-- S. aquaticus (rämekaniini) |--o S. palustris (suokaniini) | |-- S. p. palustris ()? | `-- S. p. hefneri ()? |-- S. floridanus (pumpulihäntäkaniini) |-- S. transitionalis (uudenenglanninkaniini) |-- S. nuttallii (vuorikaniini) |-- S. audubonii (aavikkokaniini) |-- S. insonus (omiltemenkaniini) |-- S. cunicularius (meksikonkaniini) `-- S. graysoni (tresmariasinkaniini)
Reference(s):
- McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - White, J. A., 1991: North American Leporinae (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) from Late Miocene (Clarendonian) to Latest Pliocene (Blancan).
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 11, #1, pp. 67-89