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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Sylvilagus
--> SUBGENUS Microlagus
SPECIES Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani
| Author: | Waterhouse, 1839. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839: 103. | | Common Name: | Brush Rabbit | | Type Locality: | "Between Monterey and Santa Barbara". Type locality restricted by Nelson (1909:247) to San Luis Obispo, California, USA. | | Distribution: | W Oregon (USA) S of Columbia River to Baja California (Mexico), E to Cascade-Sierra Nevada Range (USA). | | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered as S. b. riparius; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Microlagus (Lyon, 1904). Placed in genus Microlagus together with idahoensis by Gureev (1964:171). This is the only species of Sylvilagus known to have retained the putative ancestral karyotype (2n=48) shared by all known Lepus, and by Romerolagus (Robinson et al., 1981, 1984). See also S. mansuetus.Reviewed by Chapman (1974, Mammalian Species, 34). |
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