Tapeti

Sylvilagus brasiliensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

Insufficient data

overall probability at Chingaza National Natural Park

1 Verified records at Chingaza National Natural Park

🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The common tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis), also known as the Brazilian cottontail, forest cottontail, or (formerly) simply tapeti is a species of cottontail rabbit. It is small to medium-sized with a small, dark tail, short hind feet, and short ears. As traditionally defined, its range extends from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, but this includes several distinctive population that have since been split into separate species. Under this narrower definition, the true common tapeti only occurs in the Atlantic Rainforest of coastal northeastern Brazil and it is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. The American Society of Mammalogists concurs, but also tentatively classifies several distinct populations that have not yet received proper species names into S. brasiliensis, and so considers it to range from Venezuela south to Argentina. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Chingaza National Natural Park

Sylvilagus andinus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Tapeti at Chingaza National Natural Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	20–30%
2	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	10–20%
3	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	10–20%
4	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	10–20%
5	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	5–10%
6	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	5–10%
7	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
8	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
9	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
10	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data

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