s of the genus _Sylvilagus_ into more than the two subgenera
_Brachylagus_ and _Sylvilagus_; the other names, _Tapeti_ Gray,
_Microlagus_ Trouessart, _Limnolagus_ Mearns, and _Paludilagus_
Hershkovitz, are here arranged as synonyms of the subgeneric name
_Sylvilagus_ Gray.

Sylvilagus brasiliensis

Forest Rabbit

Total length, 380-420; tail, 20-21; hind foot, 77-80; ear from notch
(dry), 39-46. The principal characters of this species are small size,
dark color, short tail, and dingy buffy (not white) undersurface of the
tail. These rabbits rest in forests or other thick vegetative cover and
do not venture far from such cover to feed.

SYLVILAGUS BRASILIENSIS CONSOBRINUS Anthony.

1917. _Sylvilagus gabbi consobrinus_ Anthony, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 37:335, May 28, type from Old Panam['a], Panam['a]. Known from
type locality only.

1950. _Sylvilagus brasiliensis consobrinus_, Hershkovitz, Proc. U.
S. Nat. Mus., 100:353, May 26.

SYLVILAGUS BRASILIENSIS DICEI Harris.

1932. _Sylvilagus dicei_ Harris, Occas. Papers Univ. Michigan, Mus.
Zool., 248:1, August 4, type from 6000 ft., El Copey de Dota, in
the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica.

1950. _Sylvilagus brasiliensis dicei_, Hershkovitz, Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 100:352, May 26.

_Marginal records._--Costa Rica (Goodwin, 1946:359); Rancho de R['i]o
Jimenez; Juan Vi[~n]as; type locality; _San Jos['e]_.

[Illustration: FIG. 8. Distribution of _Sylvilagus brasiliensis_.

1. _S. b. truei_
2. _S. b. gabbi_
3. _S. b. dicei_
4. _S. b. consobrinus_
5. _S. b. messorius_
6. _S. b. incitatus_ ]

SYLVILAGUS BRASILIENSIS GABBI (J. A. Allen).

1877. _Lepus brasiliensis_ var. _gabbi_ J. A. Allen, Monogr. N.
Amer. Rodentia, p. 349, August, type locality Costa Rica and
Chiriqu['i]; restricted by Nelson (N. Amer. Fauna, 29:259, August 31,
1909), by designation of type specimen, to Talamanca [= Sipurio,
R['i]o Sixaola, near Caribbean Coast], Costa Rica.

1950. _Sylvilagus brasiliensis gabbi_, Hershkovitz, Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 100:351, May 26.

1908. _Lepus gabbi tumacus_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 24:649, October 13, type from Tuma, Nicaragua.

_Marginal records._--Honduras: San Pedro Sula (Nelson, 1909:261);
to Gulf Coast and southward along coast to Panam['a] Canal,
Panam['a]: Gatun (Goldman, 1920:146); Coroz