Island_ (_ibid._); 3 mi. N and 2
mi. W Hoisington (16509 KU); Lane County (5520 KU); Elkader (5595
KU). Colorado: Arvada (Cary, 1911:158). Wyoming: 6400 ft., 3 mi. E
Horse Creek, P. O. (15936 KU). Nebraska: 8 mi. E Chadron (39380 KU).
Montana: _Little Missouri River, 7 mi. NE Albion_ (Hall and Kelson,
1951:52); Box Elder Creek, 25 mi. SW Sykes (_ibid._). North Dakota:
Oakdale (Bailey, 1927:134).
SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS SUBCINCTUS (Miller).
1899. _Lepus floridanus subcinctus_ Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, p. 386, October 5, type from Hacienda El Molino,
near Negrete, Michoac['a]n.
1904. _Sylvilagus floridanus subcinctus_, Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll.,
45:336, June 15.
_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:181).--Jalisco: Lagos. Guanajuato:
Ac['a]mbaro. Michoac['a]n: _Querendaro_. Jalisco: _Ameca_; Etzatl['a]n.
SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS YUCATANICUS (Miller).
1899. _Lepus floridanus yucatanicus_ Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, p. 384, September 29, type from M['e]rida, Yucat['a]n.
1904. _Sylvilagus floridanus yucatanicus_, Lyon, Smiths. Misc.
Coll., 45:336, June 15.
_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:191).--Yucat['a]n: Progreso; type
locality. Campeche: Campeche.
=Sylvilagus transitionalis= (Bangs)
New England Cottontail
1895. _Lepus sylvaticus transitionalis_ Bangs, Proc. Boston Soc.
Nat. Hist., 26:405, January 31, type from Liberty Hill, New London
County, Connecticut.
1909. _Sylvilagus transitionalis_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:195,
August 31.
_Marginal records._--Vermont: west side at Canadian boundary
(Osgood, F. L., Jr., 1938:440); Montpelier (_ibid._). Maine:
Sagadahoc County (Palmer, 1944:194); _Androscoggin County_
(_ibid._). New York: Miller Place (Nelson, 1909:199). Virginia:
Roanoke County (Llewellyn and Handley, 1946:385). North Carolina:
Roan Mtn. (Nelson, 1909:199). Georgia: Brasstown Bald Mtn. (A. H.
Howell, 1921:71). Alabama: Erin (_ibid._); Ardell (_ibid._).
Tennessee: Walden Ridge, "near" Soddy (Kellogg, 1939:291). West
Virginia: Ronceverte (Kellogg, 1937:473). Pennsylvania: Renovo
(Nelson, 1909:199). New York: Lake George (_ibid._).
[Illustration: FIG. 40. Distribution of _Sylvilagus transitionalis_.]
Total length, 388; tail, 39; hind foot, 95; ear from notch (dry), 52.
Upper parts almost pinkish buff, vary
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