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t*Sylvilagus floridanus connectens (Nelson). 



1904. Lepus JJoridanus connectens Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

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



1909. Sylvilagus Jioridanus connectens Nelson, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 29, p. 185. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Chichicaxtle, central Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Range. — Coastal plain and eastern slope of adjacent mountains 

 of eastern Mexico from Alta Mira, in southern Tamaulipas, 

 through eastern San Luis Potosi to Pinal de Amoles, in north- 

 eastern Queretaro, south to Papaloapam River in Vera Cruz, 

 and through eastern Puebla to Mount Zempoaltepec in eastern 

 Oaxaca. Vertical range from sea level near Vera Cruz up to 

 about 9,000 feet on Mount Zempoaltepec; zonal range mainly 

 arid and humid tropical, extending up through upper Sonoran 

 zone. 



*Sylvilagus floridanus russatus (Allen). 



1904. Lepus {Sylvilagus) russatus Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 His., vol. 20, p. 31. February 29, 1904. 



1909. Sylvilagus floridanus russatus Nelson, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 29, p. 186. August 31 , 1909. 



Type Locality. — Pasa Nueva, southern Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Range. — Coast lowlands of southern Vera Cruz 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 Vera Cruz; zonal range humid and semihumid 

 tropical. 



♦Sylvilagus floridanus aztecus (Allen). 



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

 Hist., vol. ^, p. 188. December 10, 1890. 



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

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



Type Locality. — City of Tehuantepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Range. — Coastal plain and adjacent foothills of southern 

 Oaxaca and southeasterly along coast of Chiapas nearly or 

 quite to border of Guatemala, and also middle northern Costa 

 Rica. Vertical range from sea level to about 2,000 feet alti- 

 tude in southern Oaxaca; zonal range arid and semihumid 

 tropical zones. 



t* Sylvilagus floridanus chiapensis (Nelson). 



1904. Leims floridanus cliiapensis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Washington, vol. 17, p. 106. May 18, 1904. 

 1909. Sylvilagus floridanus cliiapensis Nelson, North Amor. 



Fauna, No. 29, p. 189. August 31, 1909. 

 Type Locality, — San Cristobal, Cliiapas, Mexico. 



