MAMMALS 



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Subspecies of S. jloridanus 



S. f. jioridanus (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 AUeghanies. 



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

 pinkish-buff; ears shorter: central States from the AUeghanies 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. 



S. f. 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. 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 AUeghanies into 

 Georgia; mainly Transition zone. 



5. nuttalli (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. 



S. auduboni (Baird). Color dark buffy brown; white beneath; 

 length 418 mm.; 72 mm;, hind foot 86 mm.: western, southwestern 

 and Rocky Mountain States; 2 to 7 young in a litter; 10 subspecies. 



