Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cunicularius (Waterhouse 1848)

[Lepus] cunicularius Waterhouse 1848, Nat. Hist. Mamm., 2: 132.

Type Locality: " Mexico." Restricted by Goodwin (1969:125) to "Sacualpan" = Zacualpan.

Vernacular Names: Mexican Cottontail.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cunicularius subsp. cunicularius Waterhouse 1848

Subspecies Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) cunicularius subsp. insolitus J. Allen 1890

Distribution: S Sinaloa to E Oaxaca and Veracruz (Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Sylvilagus (Gureev, 1964:167) . See also S. graysoni .Reviewed by Cervantes et al. (1992, Mammalian Species, 412).