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--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Sylvilagus
--> SUBGENUS Sylvilagus
SPECIES Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) transitionalis
Author: | Bangs, 1895. | Citation: | Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 26: 405. | Common Name: | New England Cottontail | Type Locality: | "Liberty Hill, Conn." [New London Co., Connecticut, USA]. | Distribution: | Boreal habitats from S Maine to S New York, mostly east of the Hudson River. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Subgenus Sylvilagus (Gureev, 1964:166). Reviewed by Chapman (1975, Mammalian Species, 55). Also see comments under S. obscurus. |
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