Lepus flavigularis Wagner, 1844

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 818

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scientific name	Lepus flavigularis Wagner, 1844
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Lepus flavigularis Wagner, 1844 View in CoL . In Schreber, Die Säugethiere ..., Suppl. 4:106.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Mexico " Restricted by Elliot (1905:543) to San Mateo del Mar, Tehuantepec [City, Oaxaca, Mexico] .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal plains and bordering foothills on south end of Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca, Mexico), along Pacific coast to Chiapas ( Mexico); now restricted to small area between Salina Cruz, Oaxaca , and extreme W Chiapas.

STATUS: IUCN - Endangered, by habitat destruction and overhunting.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Proeulagus ( Gureev, 1964:193) . Closely related to callotis , with which it has an isolated allopatric distribution; see Anderson and Gaunt (1962); also see Hall (1981:330).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Lagomorpha
Family	Leporidae
Genus	Lepus