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osi, and southern Coahuila; vertical range, from about 7,000 to over 14,000 feet 

 in eastern Puebla; zonal range, from Upper Sonoran through Transition to 

 Arctic-Alpine division of Boreal, but mainly Transition (Nelson, loc. cit.) . 



Sylvilagus floridanus connect ens (Nelson) f* 



1904. Lepus floridanus connectens Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 17, p. 105, May 18, 1904. 



1909. Sylvilagus floridanus connectens Lyon and Osgood, Bull. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., No. 62, p. 32, Jan. 28, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Chichicaxtle, central Veracruz, Mexico. Range. — Coastal 

 plain and eastern slope of adjacent mountains of eastern Mexico from Altamira, 

 in southern Tamaulipas, through eastern San Luis Potosi to Pinal de Amoles, 

 in northeastern Queretaro, south to Rio Papaloapam in Veracruz, and through 

 eastern Puebla to Mount Zempoaltepec in eastern Oaxaca; vertical range, from 

 sea level near Veracruz up to about 9,000 feet on Mount Zempoaltepec; zonal 

 range, mainly Arid and Humid Tropical, extending up through Upper Sonoran 

 (Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 185, Aug. 31, 1909). 



Sylvilagus floridanus russatus (J. A. Allen) * 



1904. Lepus (Sylvilagus) russatus J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 20, p. 31, Feb. 29, 1904. 



1909. Sylvilagus floridanus russatus Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, 

 p. 186, Aug. 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Pasa Nueva, southern Veracruz, Mexico. Range. — Coast 

 lowlands of southern Veracruz and thence east into adjacent part of Tabasco 

 and south to lower slopes of the Cordillera; vertical range, from sea level to 

 about 3,000 feet in southern Veracruz; zonal range, Humid and semihumid 

 Tropical (Nelson, loc. cit.). 



Sylvilagus floridanus aztecus (J. A. Allen) * 



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

 3, p. 188, Dec. 10, 1890. 



1904. Sylvilagus floridanus aztecus Lyon, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 45, 

 p. 336, June 15, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. Range. — Coastal plain and 

 adjacent foothills of southern Oaxaca and extreme western Chiapas nearly or 

 quite to border of Guatemala ; vertical range, from sea level to about 2,000 feet 

 in southern Oaxaca; zonal range, Arid and semihumid Tropical (Nelson, North 

 Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 187, Aug. 31, 1909) . 



Sylvilagus floridanus chiapensis (Nelson) f* 



1904. Lepus floridanus chiapensis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 17, p. 106, May 18, 1904. 



1909. Sylvilagus floridanus chiapensis Lyon and Osgood, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 No. 62, p. 32, Jan. 28, 1909. 



Type Locality. — San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico. Range. — Interior of Chi- 

 apas, mainly in highlands, and adjacent highlands of Guatemala; vertical range, 

 from about 2,000 to over 10,000 feet in Chiapas and Guatemala; zonal range, 

 mainly Upper Sonoran and Transition, but ranging down to upper border of 

 Tropical (Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 189, Aug. 31, 1909). 



