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title: "Andean Tapeti"
description: "Sylvilagus andinus — Mammifères. The Andean tapeti (Sylvilagus andinus) or Andean cottontail is a species of cottontail rabbit native to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/andean-tapeti
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Andean Tapeti

> Sylvilagus andinus — Mammifères. The Andean tapeti (Sylvilagus andinus) or Andean cottontail is a species of cottontail rabbit native to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador.

- Scientific name: *Sylvilagus andinus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammifères)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 1147
- iNaturalist taxon: [1353295](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1353295)

## Names

- en: Andean Tapeti
- es: Conejo andino

## Countries with the most observations

EC (892), CO (68)

## Summary

The Andean tapeti (Sylvilagus andinus) or Andean cottontail is a species of cottontail rabbit native to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador. It was previously considered a subspecies of the common tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis). It serves an important ecological role as a pervasive herbivore consuming a wide variety of plant species as well as an important food source for several predators. Some characteristics of the species is a head and body length of 326-353 mm, a small tail 6-7% of its head and body length, long hindfeet of 64-81 mm, dusky appearance, a forehead suffused with brown, ashy gray cheeks and neck…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_tapeti

## Photo

![Andean Tapeti](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/andean-tapeti/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150079864

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/andean-tapeti?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).