Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris (Bachman 1837)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 185-211 : 211

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scientific name	Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris (Bachman 1837)
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[Lepus] palustris Bachman 1837 , J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 194.

Type Locality: "… South Carolina …never...more than forty miles [64 km] from the sea coast"; restricted by Miller and Rehn (1901:183) to E South Carolina [ USA].

Vernacular Names: Marsh Rabbit.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris subsp. palustris Bachman 1837

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris subsp. hefneri Lazell 1984

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Tapeti) palustris subsp. paludicola Miller and Bangs 1894

Distribution: Florida to SE Virginia (Dismal Swamp) ( USA) in coastal lowlands.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as S. p. hefneri; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); IUCN – Endangered as S. p. hefneri, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Tapeti ( Gureev, 1964:162) . S. aquaticus and S. palustris share a derived karyotype, 2n=38 (Robinson et al., 1983, 1984). Reviewed by Chapman and Willner (1981, Mammalian Species, 153).