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SPECIES Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cunicularius
Author: | Waterhouse, 1848. | Citation: | Nat. Hist. Mamm., 2: 132. | Common Name: | Mexican Cottontail | Type Locality: | "Mexico." Restricted by Goodwin (1969:125) to "Sacualpan" = Zacualpan. | Distribution: | S Sinaloa to E Oaxaca and Veracruz (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Sylvilagus (Gureev, 1964:167). See also S. graysoni.Reviewed by Cervantes et al. (1992, Mammalian Species, 412). |
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