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*Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani (Allen.) 



1899. Lepus fioridanus cTiupmani Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist, vol. 12, p. 12. March 4, 1899. 

 tl899. Lepus fioridanus caniclunis ]\Iillee, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., p. 388. October 5, 1899. (Fort Clark, Kinney 

 County, Texas.) 

 tl902. Lepus simplicicanus Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 15, p. 81. April 25, 1902. (Brownsville, Cameron 

 County, Texas.) 



1904. Sylvilagus fioridanus chapmani Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 

 vol. 45, p. 336. June 15, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. 



Range. — Arid parts of middle and southern Texas from east 

 of Corpus Christi to mouth of Pecos Eiver and from near 

 Abilene south across the Rio Grande into northeastern Mexico 

 to central TamauHpas, most of Xuevo Leon, and northeastern 

 Coahuila. Vertical range from sea level near Corpus Christi 

 up to about 1,000 feet altitude near Fort Clark, Texas. Zonal 

 range mainly lower Sonoran. 



t*Sylvilagus fioridanus holzneri (ileams.) 



1896. Lepus sylvaticus Jiolzneri Meaens, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 18, p. 554. Jime 24, 1896. 

 tl896. [Lepus sylvaticus] subspecies rigidus Meaens, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, p. 555. June 24, 1896. (Carrizahllo 

 Mountains, near monument No. 31, Mexican boundary line, 

 Grant County, New Mexico.) 



1903. Lepus (Sylvilagus) durangae Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 19, p. 609. November 12, 1903. (Rancho 

 BaOon, northwestern Durango, Mexico.) 



1904. Sylvilagus fioridanus Jcolzneri Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 

 vol. 45, p. 336. June 15, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Douglas spruce zone, near summit of Huachuca 

 Mountains, southern Arizona. 



Range. — Higher mountam ranges of extreme southern Arizona 

 and southwestern New Mexico and thence south through the 

 Sierra Madre of western Mexico, in northeastern Sonora, 

 Chihuahua, Durango, western Zacatecas, northwestern Jahsco, 

 and northern Tepic. Vertical range from about 6,000 to 

 10,000 feet in southwestern Chihuahua; zonal range mainly 

 transition and lower border of Canadian, ranging down into 

 upper Sonoran in winter. 



