BRUSH RABBIT 



Mexico; zonal range mainly Upper Sonoran, extending into 

 Transition and Lower Sonoran Zones." (Nelson) 



Wyoming Cottontail. — Sylvilagus aiiduhoni haileyi (Merriam). 

 Pelage long and thick, color pale, ears and feet hairy, size 

 large. Total length, 16-17 inches; tail vertebrce, 2.3 inches; 

 hind foot, 3.8 inches; ear from notch, 2.6 inches. Upper- 

 parts pale creamy buff, lightly washed with black; nape 

 light rufous; throat dark to creamy buff. Found in "Plains 

 and valleys of eastern Montana, most of Wyoming, north- 

 eastern Utah, northwestern and eastern Colorado (east of 

 the mountains) , western parts of North and South Dakota, 

 Nebraska, and as far east as Trego County, Kansas. 

 Vertical range from about 3,000 feet in Kansas to 7,000 feet 

 in Colorado; zonal range mainly arid Upper Sonoran, but 

 ranging into lower part of Transition Zone." (Nelson) 



New Mexico Cottontail. — Sylvilagus auduboni neomexicanus 

 Nelson. 

 Like minor in size but ears shorter, hind feet longer, color 

 darker and redder. Total length, 15 inches; tail vertebrse, 

 2 inches; hind foot, 3.5 inches; ear from notch, 2.3 inches. 

 Upperparts dark buffy gray; nape rufous; poorly outlined 

 rump patch dull iron-gray; throat dark ochraceous buffy. 

 Found in "Pecos Valley from near Fort Stockton, Texas, 

 north to about Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and thence east 

 to Abilene and Wichita Falls, Texas, and north through 

 eastern New Mexico, western Texas, and western Oklahoma 

 to extreme south-central Kansas. Vertical range from about 

 2,500 feet in western Texas to 5,000 feet in eastern New 

 Mexico; zonal range Lower Sonoran and lower part of 

 Upper Sonoran Zone." (Nelson) 



Mexican Desert Cottontail. — Sylvilagus auduboni parvulus 

 _ (Allen)._ 

 Size of minor, but more richly colored. Upperparts dusky 

 buffy gray ; faintly defined iron-gray rump patch ; nape and 

 forelegs deep rusty rufous; throat ochraceous buff. Found 

 "from Puebla north to Rio Grande Valley of Texas (from Rio 

 Grande City to mouth of Pecos River) . Vertical range from 

 below 500 feet on the Rio Grande to over 8,000 feet altitude 

 on southern end of tableland in Mexico; zonal range Upper 

 and Lower Sonoran." (Nelson) 



Bachmani Group. — Pacific Coast Brush Rabbits 



This group is distinguished by small size, small tail, short 

 legs, and uniformly dark coloration. 



California Brush Rabbit. — Sylvilagus bachmani bachmani 

 (Waterhouse). 

 Small in size, with short ears, legs, and tail. Total length, 

 13 inches; tail vertebras, 1.3 inches; hind foot, 3 inches; ear 



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