Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii (Baird 1858)

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

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scientific name	Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii (Baird 1858)
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[Lepus] audubonii Baird 1858 , Mammalia, in: Repts. U. S. Expl. Surv., Vol. 8, 8: 608.

Type Locality: "San Francisco" [San Francisco Co., California, USA].

Vernacular Names: Desert Cottontail.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. audubonii Baird 1858

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. arizonae Mearns 1896

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. baileyi Merriam 1897

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. confinis J. Allen 1898

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. goldmani Nelson 1904

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. minor Mearns 1896

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) audubonii subsp. warreni Nelson 1907

Distribution: NE Puebla and W Veracruz ( Mexico) to NC Montana and SW North Dakota, NC Utah, C Nevada, and NC California ( USA), south to Baja California and C Sinaloa ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sylvilagus ( Gureev, 1964:169) . Revised by Hoffmeister and Lee (1963 b). Reviewed by Chapman and Willner (1978, Mammalian Species, 106).