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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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
nelsoni Baker, 1955 pinetis robustus (Bailey, 1905)
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