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SPECIES Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) graysoni
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1877. | Citation: | In Coues and Allen, Monog. N. Amer. Rodentia (U.S. Geol. Geograph. Survey Terr., Rep.), 11: 347. | Common Name: | Tres Marias Cottontail | Type Locality: | According to Nelson (1899a:16), "Tres Marias Islands," "undoubtedly from Maria Madre" Isl, Nayarit, Mexico. | Distribution: | Tres Marías Isls, Nayarit (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | Comments: | Subgenus Sylvilagus (Gureev, 1964:168). An insular species probably derived from cunicularius of the adjacent mainland; see Diersing and Wilson (1980) and Hall (1981:314). Reviewed by Cervantes (1997, Mammalian Species, 559). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
badistes Diersing and Wilson, 1980
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