Sylvilagus floridanus (J. A. Allen, 1890)

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 825-826

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).