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*Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani (Allen.) 



1899. Lepus jiondanus chapmani Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist, vol. 12, p. 12. March 4, 1899. 

 j-1899. Lepus floridanus caniclunis Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat, 

 Sci. Phila., p. 388. October 5, 1899. (Fort Clark, Kinney 

 County, Texas.) 

 tl902. Lepus simplicicanus Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 15, p. 81. April 25, 1902, (Brownsville, Cameron 

 County, Texas.) 



1904. Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani Lyon, Smiths. Msc. Coll., 

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



Type Locality. — Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. 



Range. — Ai^id parts of middle and southern Texas from east 

 of Corpus Christi to mouth of Pecos River and from near 

 Abilene south across the Rio Grande into northeastern Mexico 

 to central Tamaulipas, most of Nuevo Leon, and northeastern 

 Coahuila. Vertical range from sea level near Corpus Christi 

 up to about 1,000 feet altitude near Fort Clark, Texas. Zonal 

 range mainly lower Sonoran. 



t*Sylvilagus floridanus holzneri (Mearns.) 



1896. Lepus sylvaticus holzneri Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 18, p. 554. June 24, 1896. 

 tl896. [Lepus sylvaticus] subspecies rigidus Mearns, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, p. 555. June 24, 1896. (Carrizalillo 

 Mountains, near monument No. 31, Mexican boundary line, 

 Grant County, New Mexico.) 



1903. Lepus (Sylvilagus) durangse Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 19, p. 609. November 12, 1903. (Rancho 

 Bailon, northwestern Durango, Mexico.) 



1904. Sylvilagus floridanus holzneri Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 

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



Type Locality. — Douglas spruce zone, near summit of Huachuca 

 Mountains, southern Arizona. 



Range. — Higher mountain ranges of extreme southern Arizona 

 and southwestern New Mexico and thence south through the 

 Sierra Madre of western Mexico, in northeastern Sonora, 

 Chihuahua, Durango, western Zacatecas, northwestern Jalisco, 

 and northern Tepic. Vertical range from about 6,000 to 

 10,000 feet in southwestern Chihuahua; zonal range mainly 

 transition and lower border of Canadian, ranging down into 

 upper Sonoran in wmter. 



