Remarks.—Nelson (1909:183) records specimens from Los Reyes, Pátzcuaro and Mount Tancítaro. This species and the Mexican cottontail are favorite small game for the rural peoples.
Sylvilagus cunicularis cunicularis (Waterhouse)
Mexican Cottontail; Spanish, Conejo Méxicano
Lepus cunicularis Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mammalia, 2:132, 1848, type from Zacualpan (probably in state of México).
Sylvilagus cunicularis, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:239, August 31, 1909.
Range.—Probably all of state except tropical coastal areas where another subspecies of the same species probably will be found to occur.
Specimens examined, 2: nos. 51965, 51966, from Tancítaro, one specimen labeled as taken at 6,000 feet altitude.
Remarks.—Nelson (1909:241) has recorded this rabbit also from Pátzcuaro.
Lepus callotis Wagler
White-sided Jack Rabbit; Spanish, Liebre
Lepus callotis Wagler, Naturliches System der Amphibien, p. 23, 1830, type from southern end of Mexican Tableland; Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:122, August 31, 1909.
Range.—Approximately northeastern half of state.