LAGOMORPHA: LEPORIDAE 159 



Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes to northeastern Jalisco; vertical range, from 

 about 3,500 to 7,500 feet altitude in San Luis Potosi; zonal range, Upper and 

 Lower Sonoran. 



Lepus calif ornicus festinus Nelsonf * 



1904. Lepus festinus Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 17, p. 108, May 



18, 1904. 

 1909. Lepus californicus festinus Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 151, 



Aug. 31, 1909. 

 1942. [Macrotolagus] festinus Shamel, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 55, 

 p. 25, May 12, 1942. 



Type Locality. — Irolo, Hidalgo, Mexico. Range. — Southeastern part of 

 Mexican tableland in States of Tlaxacala, northern Puebla, Hidalgo, northern 

 part of State of Mexico, Queretaro, Guanajuato, and probably northeastern 

 Jalisco; vertical range, from about 6,000 feet to 8,500 feet in Hidalgo; zonal 

 range, mainly Upper Sonoran, extending into upper border of Lower Sonoran 

 (Nelson, loc. cit.). 



Lepus insularis Bryant* 



1891. Lepus insularis Bryant, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 92, 



Apr. 23, 1891. 

 1895. Lepus edwardsi Saint-Loup, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, vol. 1, p. 5. 



(Espiritu Santo Island.) 

 Type Locality. — Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California, Baja California, 

 Mexico. Range. — Espiritu Santo Island; vertical range, from sea level up to 

 about 1,000 feet; zonal range, Lower Sonoran and upper border of Arid Tropical 

 (Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 156, Aug. 31, 1909) . 



Genus SYLVILAGUS" Gray 



1867. Sylvilagus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 20, p. 221, September 

 1867. (Type, Lepus sylvaticus Bachman — Lepus floridanus mallurus 

 Thomas.) 



Subgenus SYLVILAGUS Gray (cottontails) 



1897. Microlagus Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium . . . , fasc. 3, p. 660. 



(Type, Lepus cinerascens J. A. Allen.) 

 1897. Limnolagus Mearns, Science, new ser., vol. 5, p. 393, Mar. 5, 1897. 



(Type, Lepus aquaticus Bachman. For status see Hershkovitz, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., vol. 100, p. 333, May 26, 1950.) 

 1900. Brachylagus Miller, Proc, Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 13, p. 157, June 



13, 1900. (Type, Lepus idahoensis Merriam. Regarded as identical with 



Sylvilagus by Grinnell, Dixon and Linsdale, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 



vol. 35, p. 562, October 1930.) 



Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus (J. A. Allen) * 



1890. Lepus sylvaticus floridanus J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 3, p. 160, Oct. 8, 1890. 



91 Revised by Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, pp. 150-275, Aug. 31, 1909. For revision 

 of geographic ranges and marginal records, see Hall, Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist, 

 vol. 5, No. 10, pp. 138-170, Dec. 15, 1951. 



