Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Sylvilagus cunicularius cunicularius (Waterhouse)
Lepus cunicularius cunicularius Waterhouse, 1848:132.
Sylvilagus cunicularius.—Nelson, 1909:239.
Lepus verae-crucis Thomas, 1890:74. [Type from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. Holotype not examined.]
RANGE.—Mountains of the Transverse Volcanic Axis from southern Jalisco eastward to Veracruz, Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, and Sistema Montanoso of northern Oaxaca. Marginal records in western Mexico are: JALISCO: Jilotlan de los Dolores, 730 m. MICHOACAN: Cerro Tancitaro; Patzcuaro.
DIAGNOSIS.—Externally: large in all features. Skull: large in all characters, particularly greatest skull length, braincase breadth, and mandibular height. Color: body grayish dorsally, tail with a narrow middorsal gray streak bordered by much white.
COMPARISONS.—For comparisons of S. c. cunicularius with S. c. insolitus, see the latter subspecies.
- bibliographic citation
- Diersing, Victor E. and Wilson, Don E. 1979. "Distribution and systematics of the rabbits (Sylvilagus) of west-central Mexico." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-34. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.297
