Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. brasiliensis Linnaeus 1758
Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. brasiliensis Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 58.
Type Locality: "in America meridionali"; type locality restricted by Thomas (1911 a), to Pernambuco, Brazil .
Synonyms: Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. braziliensis (Waterhouse 1848); Sylvilagus (Tapeti) brasiliensis subsp. nigricaudatus (Lesson 1842) .
Discussion: Part of a group of subspecies found south of Isthmus of Panama.