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SPECIES Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii
Author: | Baird, 1858. | Citation: | Mammalia, in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8(8): 608. | Common Name: | Desert Cottontail | Type Locality: | "San Francisco" [San Francisco Co., California, USA]. | Distribution: | NE Puebla and W Veracruz (Mexico) to NC Montana and SW North Dakota, NC Utah, C Nevada, and NC California (USA), south to Baja California and C Sinaloa (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Sylvilagus (Gureev, 1964:169). Revised by Hoffmeister and Lee (1963b). Reviewed by Chapman and Willner (1978, Mammalian Species, 106). |
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