Sylvilagus cunicularius
Mexican Cottontail
Total length, 485-515; tail, 54-68; hind foot, 108-111; ear from notch (dry), 60-63. Pelage coarse; upper parts brownish gray; skull massive; posterior extensions of supraorbital processes varying from those that project free to those that have the tips, or tips and a considerable part of the processes, attached to the braincase.
Sylvilagus cunicularius cunicularius (Waterhouse).
1848. Lepus cunicularius Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mammalia, 2:132, type from Zacualpan (probably in state of México).
1909. Sylvilagus cunicularius, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:239, August 31.
1890. Lepus verae-crucis Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 74, June, type from Las Vigas, Veracruz.
Marginal records (Nelson, 1909:241).—Hidalgo: Tulancingo. Veracruz: Las Vigas; Orizaba. Oaxaca: Mt. Zempoaltepec; Suchixtepec. Guerrero: Chilpancingo. Michoacán (Hall and Villa, 1949:469). Pátzcuaro; Tancítaro.
Sylvilagus cunicularius insolitus (J. A. Allen).
1890. Lepus insolitus J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:189, December 10, type from plains of Colima, Jalisco.
1909. Sylvilagus cunicularius insolitus, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:243, August 31.