Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani (Waterhouse 1839)

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 : 208

Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani (Waterhouse 1839)

[Lepus] bachmani Waterhouse 1839 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839: 103.

Type Locality: "Between Monterey and Santa Barbara". Type locality restricted by Nelson (1909:247) to San Luis Obispo, California, USA.

Vernacular Names: Brush Rabbit.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. bachmani Waterhouse 1839

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. cerrosensis J. Allen 1898

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. cinerascens J. Allen 1890

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. exiguus Nelson 1907

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. howelli Huey 1927

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Microlagus) bachmani subsp. ubericolor Miller 1899

Distribution: W Oregon ( USA) S of Columbia River to Baja California ( Mexico), E to Cascade-Sierra Nevada Range ( USA).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as S. b. riparius; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: 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).