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Subgenus Sylvilagus Gray. 



1897. Microlagus Trouessart, Catal. Mamm., pt. 3, p. 660. 

 Type, Lepus cinerascens Allen. 



*SylviIagus floridanus floridanus (Allen). 



1890. Lepus sylvaticus jloridanus Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 3, p. 160.' October 8, 1890. 



1904. Sylvilagus floridanus Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 45, 

 p. 336. June 15, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Sebastian River, Brevard County, Florida. 



Range. — ^AU of peninsular Florida (including coastal islands) 

 south of Sebastian River and thence northward along the coast 

 to St. Augustine on the east side, and to an unknown distance 

 on the west side. Vertical range from sea level up to about 

 100 feet altitude; zonal range mainly lower Austral. 



*Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus (Thomas). 



1885. Lepus sylvaticus sylvaticus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 7 (1884), p. 601. 1885. (Part.) 



1898. L[epus] n[uttaUi] maUurus Thomas, Ann. and ]\Iag. Nat. 

 Hist., ser. 7, vol. 2, p. 320. October, 1898. 



1904. Sylvilagus jloridanus maUurus Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 

 vol. 45, p. 330. June 15, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. 



Range. — Mainl}' east of Allegheny Mountains from Long Island 

 and the lower Hudson Valley in extreme southeastern New 

 York south through New Jersey, Delaware, eastern Pennsyl- 

 vania, eastern West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, North and 

 South Carolina, Georgia, except northwestern part, and west 

 along Gulf coast to near Mobile Bay and Alabama; also north- 

 western central parts of Florida south to about Lake Julian, 

 Polk County. Vertical range from near sea level in North 

 Carolina up to about 6,000 feet on Roan Mountain; zonal range 

 from lower austral up through transition zone, mainly upper 

 austral. 



t*Sylvilagus floridanus hitchensi Mearns. 



1911. Sylvilagus Jloridanus hitchensi Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 39, p. 227. January 9, 1911. 

 Type Locality. — Smiths Island, Northampton County, Virginia. 



*Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsii (iVllen). 



1894. Lepus sylvaticus inearnsii Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 6," p. 171. May 31, 1894. 

 1904. Sylvilagus Jloridanus meamsi Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 



vol. 45, p. 336. June 15, 1904. 

 Type Locality. — Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota. 



