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--> SUBGENUS Tapeti
SPECIES Sylvilagus (Tapeti) aquaticus
Author: | Bachman, 1837. | Citation: | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 319. | Common Name: | Swamp Rabbit | Type Locality: | "...western parts of that state" [Alabama]. Restricted by Nelson (1909:272) to "Western Alabama". | Distribution: | S Illinois and SW Indiana, SW Missouri to SE Kansas southward through extreme W Kentucky and W Tennessee to E Oklahoma, E Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and NW South Carolina (USA). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Tapeti (Gureev, 1964:162). Reviewed by Chapman and Feldhamer (1981, Mammalian Species, 151). |
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