FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



from notch, 1.8 inches. Upperparts dark ochraceous brown 

 becoming dark ochraceous buff on flanks and sides; rump 

 often more rufous than rest of upperparts; tail above, chest- 

 nut, below, grayish white to brownish gray; nape rich 

 cinnamon-rufous; feet and legs dark cinnamon-rufous; 

 underparts white but encroached upon by dark brownish 

 buff of lower sides. Found in "Peninsular Florida and 

 adjacent coast islands, north along the east coast at least to 

 San Mateo, and on the west side for an unknown distance 

 northwest of the type locality, but probably some distance 

 beyond the Suwanee River. Vertical range from sea level 

 up to about 100 feet altitude; zonal range extreme Lower 

 Austral and upper border of Humid Tropical Zone." 

 (Nelson) 



Swamp Rabbit. — Sylvilagus aquaticus aquatiais (Bachman). 

 Larger than palustris, with larger ears. Total length, 21-22 

 inches; tail vertebrse, 2,8 inches; hind foot, 4.2 inches; ear 

 from notch, 2.7 inches. Upperparts grayish brown washed 

 with buffy, top of head ochraceous buffy brown; rump 

 reddish brown; sides grayer than back; legs and feet 

 cinnamon-rufous; ears like top of head in cclcr; tail, above, 

 like rump, below, white; underparts clear white; throat dull 

 buffy grayish. Found in "River bottoms and swampy 

 woods from Lumpkin, southwestern Georgia, west to 

 Medina River near San Antonio, middle Texas, and north 

 at least to Hartshorne, Oklahoma, and to wooded bottoms 

 of Ohio and Mississippi rivers in southern Illinois; but 

 separated from Gulf coast by a narrow belt occupied by 

 littoralis. Vertical range from a little above sea level to 

 about 800 feet in Alabama, entirely in the Lower Austral 

 Zone." (Nelson) 



Coast Swamp Rabbit.' — Sylvilagus aquaticus littoralis Nelson. 

 Resembling typical aquaticus in size, but darker and redder. 

 Total length, 21 inches; tail vertebrae, 2.8 inches; hind foot, 

 4.3 inches; ear from notch, 2.6 inches. Upperparts reddish 

 brown with heavy wash of black; rump brighter (rufous) 

 than back; tail above, like rump, below, white; nape, legs 

 and feet rich cinnamon-rufous. Found in "A narrow belt 

 of swamps and marshes along the Gulf coast, nearly if not 

 entirely within upper limits of tidewater, from Bay St. 

 Louis, Mississippi, west through Louisiana to Matagorda 

 Bay, Texas. Vertical range below 50 feet altitude, wholly 

 within the Lower Austral Zone." (Nelson.) 



The Cottontail Rabbit is one of the most widely known and 

 recognized of North American mammals. Although the 

 genus Sylvilagus ranges over a great part of North America 

 and there are a great many different species and subspecies, 

 nearly everywhere the white underside of the tail is a trade 

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