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gabbi of the adjacent mainland. The braincase # is also narrower, and 

 the rostral portion of the skull heavier than usual in the group. The 

 animal was one of those discovered by W. W. Brown, Jr., during his 

 collecting trip to San Miguel Island for Mr. Bangs in the spring 

 of 1900. 



Regarding its occurrence, Mr. Bangs in his original account says : 

 " The hare was not at all common in San Miguel Island, and 

 Mr. Brown saw but one other during his stay. Mr. Brown tells me 

 that Lepus gabbi and L. incitatus [ = Sylvilagus gabbi incitatus] are 

 extraordinarily swift of foot and are seldom seen except for an 

 instant as they dart like a flash through the undergrowth." 



Specimens examined : The type and only known example. 



SYLVILAGUS GABBI CONSOBRINUS Anthony 



Savanna Rabbit 



Sylvilagus gabbi consobrinus Anthony, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 37, 

 P- 335, May 28, 1917. Type from Old Panama (near City of Panama), 

 Panama. 



An unusually light-colored rabbit taken by Mr. H. E. Anthony 

 near the savanna at Old Panama on the Shiras Expedition of 1914 

 was recorded by him ( 1916, p. 371 ) as Sylvilagus gabbi gabbi. More 

 recently this specimen has been described by him and made the type 

 of Sylvilagus gabbi consobrinus, an apparently pale form which may 

 range at low elevations throughout the savanna regions of southern 

 Panama. The few specimens of Sylvilagus available from Boqueron, 

 Bugaba, and Divala appear somewhat intermediate in color between 

 typical 5. g. gabbi and the type of S. g. consobrinus, and might with 

 similar propriety be referred to either subspecies. They are listed 

 as 5". g. gabbi, but future increments of material from the general 

 region may indicate the desirability of transferring them to the 

 paler form. 



Specimens examined : The type. 



Order CARNIVORA. Carnivores 



Family CANIDAE. Wolves, Foxes, Bush Dogs 



None of the familiar North American members of the family to 

 which our domestic dog belongs are known from the region under 

 consideration. The single genus occurring represents the intrusive 

 South American element of the fauna. 



