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Lectotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, U.S.N.IM. No. 377^; col- 

 lected in Talamanca late in 1872 or early in 1873, by J. C. Zeled6n 

 and received from W. M. Gabb; original number, 18; one of three 

 cotypes designated by Nelson (loc. cit.) as type. 



Type locality. — Costa Rica and Chiriqui; restricted by Nelson 

 (loc. cit.), by designation of the type specimen, to Talamanca (=Sipu- 

 rio, Rio Sixaola, near the Caribbean coast), Costa Rica. 



Distribution. — Eastern Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and 

 western Panama. 



Remarks. — Originally described as a "variety" of brasiliensis, gabbi 

 was subsequently accorded specific rank by Alston because of alleged 

 differences in length of ear and tail between Central American and 

 Brazilian tapitis. Nelson {supra cit.) recognized the very close re- 

 lationship of these tapitis but was misled by Thomas' misidentification 

 of an unusually small tapiti from Rio de Janeiro as typical brasiliensis 

 {cj. infra, p. 368). Nelson's basis for comparison was specimens of 

 Sylvilagus minensis (==S. brasiliensis minensis) regarded at the time 

 as specifically distinct from the um'epresentative "typical" brasiliensis. 



SYLVILAGUS BRASILIENSIS DICEI Harris 



Sylvilagus dicei Harris, Occ. Papers Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. No. 248, p. 1, 

 1932. 



Holotype.— Adult female, skin and skull, U.M.M.Z. No. 64043; 

 collected May 24, 1931, by Austin Smith. 



Type locality. — ^El Copey de Dota, Cordillera de Talamanca, 25 

 miles south of Cartago, Costa Rica; altitude, 6,000 feet. 



Distribution. — Known only from type locality. 



Remarks. — Doubtfully distinct from typical gabbi. 



SYLVILAGUS BRASILIENSIS INCITATUS (Bangs) 



Lepus (Tapeti) incitatus Bangs, Amer. Nat., vol. 35, p. 633, fig. A, 1901. 

 Sylvilagus gabbi incitatus, Nelson, North American Fauna, No. 29, p. 261, 1909. 



Holotype. — Adult female, skin and skull, M.C.Z. (Bangs Collection) 

 No. 8441; collected April 30, 1900, by W. W. Brown, Jr. 



Type locality. — Island of San Miguel, Archipielago de las Perlas, 

 Golfo de Panama. 



Distribution. — Known only from type locality. 



SYLVILAGUS BRASILIENSIS MESSORIUS Goldman 



Sylvilagus gabbi messorius Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, p. 13, 1912. 



Holotype. — Adult male, skin and skull, U.S.N.M. (Biol. Surv. 

 Collection) No. 179569; collected May 23, 1912, by E. A. Goldman; 

 original number, 21736. 



Type locality. — Cana, southeastern Panama; altitude 1,800 feet. 



Distribution. — Rio Tuyra drainage basin, humid tropical region of 

 eastern Panama. 



