Type Species: | Lepus sylvaticus Bachman, 1837 (= Lepus sylvaticus floridanus J. Allen, 1890). Bachman’s original name was preoccupied by Lepus borealis sylvaticus Nillson, 1832, which Allen did not realize when he used the name combination L. sylvaticus floridanus. The first use of the name combination Sylvilagus floridanus was Lyon, 1904. |