COTTONTAIL 



bottom lands), northern Kansas, northeastern Colorado, 

 along tributaries of Platte River to base of mountains near 

 Denver, and southeastern Wyoming, Vertical range, from 

 about 1,500 feet in northeast Nebraska to over 5,000 feet 

 west of Denver, Colorado; zonal range, mainly Upper 

 Sonoran." (Nelson) 



Oklahoma Cottontail. — Sylvilagus floridanus alacer (Bangs). 

 Resembling typical floridanus in size, but paler and with 

 more rusty red in pelage of upperparts. Found on "Gulf 

 coast from Mobile Bay, Alabama, to Matagorda Bay, 

 Texas, and thence north through most of Alabama to Tate, 

 northwestern Georgia; all of Mississippi, Louisiana, and 

 Arkansas; western Tennessee and Kentucky, extreme 

 southern Illinois, southern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, 

 all of Oklahoma except extreme western part, and eastern 

 Texas to eastern border of Panhandle. Vertical range from 

 near sea level in Louisiana up to about 2,000 feet altitude in 

 Oklahoma; zonal range mainly Lower Austral." (Nelson) 



Texas Cottontail. — Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani (Allen). 

 Size small; ears short; feet small; altogether one of the 

 smallest of the floridanus group. Pelage of upperparts dark 

 buffy brown grizzled with grayish. Total length, 16 inches; 

 tail vertebrae, 2 inches; hind foot, 3.6 inches; ear from notch, 

 2 inches. Found in "Arid 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.- . . . 

 Vertical range from sea level near Corpus Christi up to about 

 1,000 feet altitude near Fort Clark, Texas. Zonal range 

 mainly Lower Sonoron." (Nelson) 



Holzner Cottontail. — Sylvilagus floridanus holzneri (Meams). 

 Paler and larger than chapmani, with more heavily furred 

 feet and larger ears. Upperparts pale grayish buffy. Total 

 length, 17 inches; tail vertebrae, 2.8 inches; hind foot, 4 

 inches; ear from notch, 2.5 inches. Found in "Higher 

 mountain ranges of extreme southern Arizona and south- 

 western New Mexico and thence south. . . . Zonal range 

 mainly Transition and lower border of Canadian, ranging 

 down into Upper Sonoran in winter." (Nelson) 



Manzano Mountain Cottontail. — Sylvilagus _ cognatus Nelson. 

 A long-eared, grayish, mountain-dwelling form. Total 

 length, 18 inches; tail vertebras, 2.6 inches; hind foot, 4 

 inches; ear from notch, 2.7 inches. General color of upper- 

 parts, dull buffy grayish, washed with black. Found in 

 "High mountain summits and adjacent slopes of central- 

 eastern New Mexico. Vertical range from about 6,500 to 

 10,200 feet altitude on Manzano Mountains; zonal range 

 mainly Transition, and lower part of Canadian Zone." 

 (Nelson) 



Davis Mountains Cottontail. — Sylvilagus robustus (Bailey). 

 Resembling cognatus in color and in size, but with larger 

 skull, broader supraorbitals and larger auditory bullae.. 



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