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*Sylvilagus audubonii parvulus (Allen). 



1904. Lepus (Sylvilagus) parvulus Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 20, p. 34. February 29, 1904. 



1909. Sylvilagus auduhoni parvulus Nelson, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 29, p. 236. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — ^Apam, Hidalgo, Mexico. 



Range. — Eastern and southeastern part of Mexican table-land 

 from Puebla north to Rio Grande Valley of Texas (from Rio 

 Grande City to mouth of Pecos River). Vertical range from 

 below 500 feet on the Rio Grande to over 8,000 feet altitude 

 on southern end of table-land in Mexico; zonal range upper and 

 lower Sonoran. 



*Sylvilagus cunicularius cunicularius (Waterhouse). 



1848. Lepus cunicularius Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mammalia, 

 vol. 2, p. 132. 



1890. Lepus versecrucis Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 74. 

 (Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.) 



1907. Lepus cunicularius Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wasliington, 

 vol. 20, p. 51. April 18, 1907. 



1909. Sylvilagus cunicularius, Nelson, North Amer. Fauna, No. 

 29, p. 239. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Sacualpan (probably in State of Mexico). 



Range. — Mountains about extreme southern end of Mexican 

 table-land and bordering slopes and valleys on both sides from 

 Cofre de Perote and Mount Orizaba in central-western Vera 

 Cruz, and Mount Zempoaltepec, eastern Oaxaca, west through 

 southern Hidalgo, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Mexico, northern Michoa- 

 can, Morelos, northern Guerrero, and northern Oaxaca. 

 Vertical distribution from about 2,000 feet in Guerrero up to 

 over 11,000 feet on Mount Orizaba and on the mountains about 

 the Valley of Mexico; zonal distribution from upper part of 

 arid tropical up through Sonoran and transition into Canadian 

 zone. 



t*Sylvilagus cunicularius pacificus (Nelson). 



1904. Lepus versecrucis pacificus Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 17, p. 104. May 18, 1904. 



1909. Sylvilagus cunicularius pacifi^cus Nelson, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 29, p. 242. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. 



Range. — Coastal plain and adjacent foothills of southwestern 

 Mexico from extreme southern IVIichoacan through Guerrero to 

 Pluma, Oaxaca. Vertical range from sea level in Guerrero to 

 about 2,500 feet in the foothills; zonal range, arid tropical. 



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