Sylvilagus aquaticus (Bachman, 1837) . J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7:319.

TYPE LOCALITY: "...western parts of that state" [Alabama], Restricted by Nelson (1909:272) to "Western Alabama " .

DISTRIBUTION: S Illinois and SW Indiana, SW Missouri to SE Kansas southward through extreme W Kentucky and W Tennessee to E Oklahoma, E Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and NW South Carolina (USA).

STATUS: Some range reduction, but remains abundant (Chapman and Ceballos, 1990).

SYNONYMS: attwateri (J. Allen, 1895); douglasii (Gray, 1837; part) littoralis Nelson, 1909; telmalemonus (Elliott, 1899).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Tapeti (Gureev, 1964:162) . Reviewed by Chapman and Feldhamer (1981, Mammalian Species, 151).