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gions of central Costa Rica (Goodwin, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 87, p. 

 359, Dec. 31, 1946) . 



Sylvilagus brasiliensis messorius Goldmanf * 



1912. Sylvilagus gabbi messorius Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, 



No. 2, p. 13, Sept. 20, 1912. 

 1950. Sylvilagus brasiliensis messorius Hershkovitz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 100, p. 352, May 26, 1950. 

 Type Locality. — Cana (Santa Cruz de Cana), upper Rio Tuyra, Darien, east- 

 ern Panama. Altitude, 1,800 feet. Range. — Rio Tuyra drainage basin, humid 

 tropical region of eastern Panama. 



Sylvilagus brasiliensis consobrinus Anthony 



1917. Sylvilagus gabbi consobrinus Anthony, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 



37, p. 335, May 28, 1917. 

 1950. Sylvilagus brasiliensis consobrinus Hershkovitz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 100, p. 353, May 26, 1950. 

 Type Locality. — Old Panama (near city of Panama), Panama. Range. — 

 Known from type locality only. 



Sylvilagus brasiliensis incitatus (Bangs) 



1901. Lepus (Taped) incitatus Bangs, Amer. Nat., vol. 35, p. 633, August 



1901. 

 1909. Sylvilagus gabbi incitatus Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 261, 



Aug. 31, 1909. 

 1950. Sylvilagus brasiliensis incitatus Hershkovitz, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 



100, p. 352, May 26, 1950. 

 Type Locality. — Isla del Rey (San Miguel Island), Archipielago de las Perlas, 

 Golfo de Panama. Range. — Isla del Rey; vertical range, near sea level; zonal 

 range, Humid Tropical (Nelson, loc. cit.). 



Subgenus PALUDILAGUS Hershkovitz 



1950. Paludilagus Hershkovitz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 100, p. 333, May 

 26, 1950. (Type, Lepus palustris Bachman.) 



Sylvilagus palustris palustris (Bachman) * (marsh-rabbit) 



1837. Lepus palustris Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 7, 



p. 194. 

 1884. Lepus palustris True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vol. 7 (App., Circ. 29), 



p. 601, Nov. 29, 1884. (Part.) 

 1909. Sylvilagus palustris Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 266, Aug. 



31, 1909. 

 Type Locality. — Near coast of South Carolina. Range. — Lowlands along 

 rivers and coast of southeastern United States from Dismal Swamp, Va., south 

 to extreme northern Florida, and west through southern Georgia and Gulf coast 

 of northwestern Florida to east side of Mobile Bay, Ala.; vertical range, from 

 sea level to an undetermined altitude (probably less than 500 feet) ; zonal 

 range, Lower Austral (Nelson, loc cit.) . 



Sylvilagus palustris paludicola (Miller and Bangs) * 



1894. Lepus paludicola Miller and Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 9, p. 105, June 9, 1894. 



