FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



Found in "Davis, Chinati, and Chisos mountains in south- 

 western Texas. Vertical range mainly above 6,000 feet in 

 Davis Mountains; zonal range mainly Transition." (Nelson) 

 New England Cottontail. — Sylvilagus transitionalis (Bangs). 

 Distinguished by rich pinkish buffy upperparts, sometimes 

 heavily washed with black distributed as streakings; small 

 ears. Total length, 15-16 inches; tail vertebrae, 1.6 inches; 

 hind foot, 3.8 inches; ear from notch, 2.1 inches. Found in 

 "New England States north to Rutland, Vermont, southern 

 New Hampshire, extreme southwestern Maine, and south- 

 west through eastern New York (including southern end of 

 Lake George and Long Island), New Jersey, eastern 

 Pennsylvania, and Maryland to Alexandria, Virginia; also 

 along the Alleghenies through West Virginia to Roan 

 Mountain, North Carolina, and Brasstown Bald Mountain 

 in extreme northern Georgia. Vertical range from near sea 

 level in Virginia to 6,000 feet on Roan Mountain, North 

 Carolina; zonal range mainly Transition and thence down 

 into upper part of Upper Austral Zone." (Nelson) 



Nuttalli Group. — Rocky Mountain Cottontails 



Washington Cottontail. — Sylvilagus nuttalli nuttalli (Bach- 

 man). 

 In size smaller than floridanus; ears short and rounded. 

 Total length, 14 inches; tail vertebrae, 1.8 inches; hind foot, 

 3.6 inches; ear from notch, 2.3 inches. Pelage of upperparts 

 dark fulvous-buffy brown; rump grayer; nape dark rufous; 

 legs rufous ; hind feet white (tops) ; underparts white, fur 

 of breast and abdomen white (generally) to base, elsewhere 

 slate-colored at base; throat dark buffy. Found in "Plains 

 and lower mountain slopes of Columbia River basin in 

 eastern Washington and Oregon; also northeastern Cali- 

 fornia, northwestern Nevada, and western Idaho. Vertical 

 range from about 100 feet on Columbia River to about 3,000 

 feet altitude near Prineville, Oregon; zonal range mainly 

 Upper Sonoran and lower part of Transition Zone." 

 (Nelson) 



Black Hills Cottontail. — Sylvilagus nuttalli grangeri (Allen). 

 Upperparts creamy buff lightly grizzled with gray; larger 

 than typical nuttalli. Total length, 15-16 inches; tail verte- 

 brae, 1.8 inches; hind foot, 3.8 inches; ear from notch, 2.3 

 inches. Found in "Western South Dakota, most of Mon- 

 tana and Wyoming; most of the sagebrush plains of Idaho 

 (except extreme western and northwestern parts), Nevada 

 (except northwestern comer and low valleys in the south) ; 

 mountains of middle eastern California from near Mono 

 Lake to Panamint Range; most of Utah, and northwestern 

 Colorado ; extends north of the United States into southern 

 Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. Zonal range mainly 



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