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Tapeti

Sylvilagus brasiliensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Iguazú National Park
23 Verified records at Iguazú National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 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 →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Tapeti sighting in Iguazú National Park, based on 23 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Iguazú National Park

Brown Hare
LC

Brown Hare

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Lepus europaeus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
<5
Mar
5–10
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
10–20
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
20–30
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

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

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Tapeti in Iguazú National Park?

About 13% of wildlife watchers report a Tapeti sighting in Iguazú National Park, based on 23 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Tapeti in Iguazú National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Tapeti in Iguazú National Park in our monthly data.

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