Lepus sylvaticus floridanus [Allen], Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:160, October 8, 1890.
Sylvilagus floridanus Lyon, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 45 (no. 1456):322, June 15, 1904.
Description.—Slightly larger than the sagebrush cottontail; smaller than the snowshoe rabbit; ears small; color of upper parts pinkish cinnamon-brown; sides pale grayish-cinnamon; underparts white; nape of neck cinnamon; chest band paler cinnamon; tail brown above, white beneath; forefeet and sides of hind feet cinnamon.
Remarks.—The Florida cottontail is not native to the state of Washington but has been introduced at several localities. It is spreading rapidly at the present time. Points of introduction include Pullman, Whitman County (1926-1927); Battleground, Clark County (1933); Auburn, King County (1927); and Whidby Island, Island County (1931). At least two subspecies (mearnsi, alacer) have been introduced and a third (similis) may have been introduced.
For further information on introduced cottontails see [Dalquest] (1941B: 408-411).
Sylvilagus idahoensis ([Merriam])
Pigmy rabbit
Lepus idahoensis [Merriam]. N. Amer. Fauna, 5:75, July 30, 1891.
Brachylagus idahoensis Lyon, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 45 (no. 1456):323, June 15, 1904.
Sylvilagus idahoensis [Grinnell], Dixon and Linsdale, Univ. California Publ. Zoöl., 35:553, October 10, 1930.
Type.—Obtained in the Pahsimeroi Valley, Custer County, Idaho, by V. [Bailey] and B. H. Dutcher on September 16, 1890; type in United States National Museum.