Sylvilagus floridanus
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Lagomorpha
Leporidae
Sylvilagus
Sylvilagus floridanus

description: <i>Sylvilagus floridanus</i> (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: <i>alacer</i> (Bangs, 1896); <i>ammophilus</i> Howell, 1939; <i>avius</i> Osgood, 1910; <i>aztecus</i> (J. Allen, 1890); <i>boylei</i> J. Allen, 1916; <i>caniclunis</i> Miller, 1899; <i>chapmani</i> (J. Allen, 1899); <i>chiapensis</i> (Nelson, 1904); <i>cognatus</i> Nelson, 1907; <i>connectens</i> (Nelson, 1904); <i>continentis</i> Osgood, 1912; <i>costaricensis</i> Harris, 1933; <i>cumanicus</i> (Thomas, 1897); <i>durangae</i> J. Allen, 1903; <i>hesperius</i> Hoffmeister and Lee, 1963; <i>hitchensi</i> Mearns, 1911; <i>holzneri</i> (Mearns, 1896); <i>hondurensis</i> Goldman, 1932; <i>llanensis</i> Blair, 1938; <i>macrocorpus,</i> Diersing and Wilson, 1980; <i>mallurus</i> (Thomas, 1898); <i>margaritae</i> Miller, 1898; <i>mearnsi</i> (J. Allen, 1894); <i>nelsoni</i> Baker, 1955; <i>nigronuchalis</i> (Hartert, 1894); <i>orinoci</i> Thomas, 1900; <i>orizabae</i> (Merriam, 1893); <i>paulsoni</i> Schwartz, 1956; <i>persultator</i> Elliot, 1903; <i>purgatus</i> Thomas, 1920; <i>restrictus</i> Nelson, 1907; <i>rigidus</i> Mearns, 1896; <i>robustus</i> (Bailey, 1905); <i>russatus</i> (J. Allen, 1904); <i>similis</i> Nelson, 1907; <i>simplicicanus</i> Miller, 1902; <i>subcinctus</i> (Miller, 1899); <i>superciliaris</i> (J. Allen, 1899); <i>sylvaticus</i> (Bachman, 1837); <i>valenciae</i> Thomas, 1914; <i>yucatanicus</i> (Miller, 1899). COMMENTS: Subgenus <i>Sylvilagus</i> (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).
description: Published as part of <i>Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 807-827 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on pages 825-826, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353088
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