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SPECIES Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) robustus

Author:Bailey, 1905.
Citation:North American Fauna, 25: 159.
Common Name:Robust Cottontail
Type Locality:"...from Davis Mountains, Texas, 6,000 feet altitude." [USA; 1829 m]
Distribution:Chisos, Davis and Guadalupe Mountains of Texas and New Mexico, and Sierra de la Madera of adjacent Coahuila (Mexico). Perhaps also in the Sierra del Carmen (Ruedas, 1998).
Status:Not Evaluated; likely endangered.
Comments:Subgenus Sylvilagus. Formerly considered a subspecies of S. floridanus, but see Ruedas (1998).
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Synonyms:

    nelsoni Baker, 1955
    pinetis robustus (Bailey, 1905)

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