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Sylvilagus audubonii goldmani (Nelson)

Lepus arizonae goldmani Nelson, 1904:107.

Sylvilagus audubonii goldmani.—Nelson, 1909:225.

TYPE.—USNM 96812, adult, female, skin and skull, from Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Holotype examined.

RANGE.—Arid coastal plains of the northern half of Sinaloa. Marginal records: SINALOA: 19.3 km SW E1 Fuerte; Sinaloa; 1.6 km S Pericos; 3.2 km E Aguacaliente, 245 m; 9.7 km N E1 Dorado; Isla de Tachichilte, 6 km E Isla de Altamura; 17.7 km N Ahome, 45 m.

DIAGNOSIS.—Externally: medium-sized. Skull: medium-sized in greatest skull length, nasal length, maxillary toothrow length, and zygomatic breadth, but with small auditory bullae and narrow mandible. Color: dorsum gray and tail gray middorsally and narrowly margined by white.

COMPARISONS.—For comparisons with S. a. parvulus see that subspecies.
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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