Sylvilagus mansuetus Nelson, 1907 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 20:83.

TYPE LOCALITY: "San José Island, Gulf of California, Mexico " (Baja California del Sur, Mexico] .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

STATUS: IUCN - Indeterminate.

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: An insular allospecies closely related to bachmani (Chapman and Ceballos, 1990); a subspecies of bachmani according to Gureev (1964:171).