358 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



and central States and southern Canada; several litters of from 2 to 

 6 each are raised annually. 



Subspecies of S. floridanus 



S . f . jtoridanus (Allen). Peninsular Florida. 



S. f. mallurus (Thomas). Size larger; upper parts darker, more 

 reddish: Atlantic States from Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley 

 into Florida east of the Alleghanies. 



S. f. mearnsi (Allen). Length 446 mm.; upper parts paler, more 

 pinkish-buff; ears shorter: central States from the Alleghanies to eastern 

 Nebraska; southward from Kentucky to eastern Kansas; northward 

 from southern New York to southern Minnesota. 



S.f. similis Nelson. Color pale buffy gray; length 408 mm. : eastern 

 North and South Dakota, Nebraska, northern Kansas and Colorado. 



5'. /. alacer (Bangs). Color dark pinkish buff; length 418 mm.: 

 southern and Gulf States from Georgia to Oklahoma; northward to 

 central Missouri and Kansas; westward to central Texas. 



S. f. chapmani (Allen). Color grayish brown without any rusty; 

 length 403 mm.: middle and southern Texas; Mexico. 



S.f. holzneri (Mearns). Color pale buffy gray: southern Arizona. 



S.f. cognatus (Nel.). Size large; length 458 mm.; color light buffy 

 gray: high mountains of central New Mexico. 



S. transitionalis (Bangs). Common rabbit. Color uniform rich 

 pinkish buff or yellowish brown with a distinct black spot between 

 the ears; length 388 mm.; tail 39 mm.; hind foot 95 mm.: New England 

 States; northward to Rutland, Vermont, and southwestern Maine; 

 eastern New York south of Lake George, and along the Alleghanies into 

 Georgia; mainly Transition zone. 



S. nuUalli (Bach.). Color dark buffy brown; length 352 mm.; tail 

 44 mm.; hind foot 89 mm.: Rocky Mountain and Great Basin region. 



. Subspecies of S. nuttalli 



S. n. nuttalli (Bach.). Eastern Washington and Oregon and 

 western Idaho, northeastern California and northwestern Nevada. 



S. n. grangeri (Allen). Size larger; color buffy gray: Nevada and 

 Utah, except the southern portions, southern Idaho and Wyoming 

 and Montana. 



S. n. pinetis (Allen). Darker than S. c. grangeri; length 386 mm.: 

 pine forests from central Arizona through northern New Mexico and 

 Colorado. 



