Sylvilagus floridanus

Sylvilagus floridanus (J. A. Allen, 1890). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:160. TYPE LOCALITY: "Sebastian River, Brevard Co.," [Florida, USA]. DISTRIBUTION: N, C, and W Venezuela (including adjacent islands) and adjacent Colombia through Central America (disjunct in part); to NW Mexico, Arizona, north and east to North Dakota, Minnesota, N Michigan, New York and Massachusetts, Atlantic Coast south and Florida Gulf Coast (USA) west to Mexico; also S Saskatchewan, S Ontario and SC Quebec (C Canada). STATUS: Secure. SYNONYMS: alacer (Bangs, 1896); ammophilus Howell, 1939; avius Osgood, 1910; aztecus (J. Allen, 1890); boylei J. Allen, 1916; caniclunis Miller, 1899; chapmani (J. Allen, 1899); chiapensis (Nelson, 1904); cognatus Nelson, 1907; connectens (Nelson, 1904); continentis Osgood, 1912; costaricensis Harris, 1933; cumanicus (Thomas, 1897); durangae J. Allen, 1903; hesperius Hoffmeister and Lee, 1963; hitchensi Mearns, 1911; holzneri (Mearns, 1896); hondurensis Goldman, 1932; llanensis Blair, 1938; macrocorpus, Diersing and Wilson, 1980; mallurus (Thomas, 1898); margaritae Miller, 1898; mearnsi (J. Allen, 1894); nelsoni Baker, 1955; nigronuchalis (Hartert, 1894); orinoci Thomas, 1900; orizabae (Merriam, 1893); paulsoni Schwartz, 1956; persultator Elliot, 1903; purgatus Thomas, 1920; restrictus Nelson, 1907; rigidus Mearns, 1896; robustus (Bailey, 1905); russatus (J. Allen, 1904); similis Nelson, 1907; simplicicanus Miller, 1902; subcinctus (Miller, 1899); superciliaris (J. Allen, 1899); sylvaticus (Bachman, 1837); valenciae Thomas, 1914; yucatanicus (Miller, 1899). COMMENTS: Subgenus Sylvilagus (Gureev, 1964:164). Widely introduced in North America (Hall, 1981:301) and Europe (Flux et al., 1990). Reviewed by Chapman et al. (1980, Mammalian Species, 136).Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 807-827 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 825-826, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735308