Sylvilagus
Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)
The range of this species extends throughout the western coastline of North America, from western Oregon in the north, to Baja California Sur in the south.
Thirteen subspecies are recognised:
S. b. bachmani
S. b. cerrosensis
S. b. cinerascens
S. b. exiguus
S. b. howelli
S. b. macrorhinus
S. b. mariposae
S. b. peninsularis
S. b. riparius - Photo by @Giant Eland
S. b. rosaphagus
S. b. tehamae
S. b. ubericolor
S. b. virgulti
San Jose Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus mansuetus)
Endemic to southwest Isla San José, off the eastern coastline of Baja California Sur.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audobonii)
The range of this species extends throughout much of southwest and central USA, and into northern and northwest Mexico.
Twelve subspecies are recognised:
S. a. audobonii - photo by @Great Argus
S. a. arizonae
S. a. baileyi
S. a. cedrophilus
S. a. confinis
S. a. goldmani
S. a. minor - photo by @Giant Eland
S. a. neomexicanus
S. a. parvulus
S. a. sanctidiegi - photo by @Coelacanth18
S. a. vallicola - photo by @ThylacineAlive
S. a. warreni - photo by @Giant Eland
Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii)
The range of this species extends throughout much of the Great Basin of western North America, from southwest British Columbia in the west to south-central Sasketchawan in the east, and south throughout west-central USA to east-central California in the west and northwest New Mexico in the east.
Three subspecies are recognised:
S. n. nuttallii
S. n. grangeri
S. n. pinetis - photo by @Giant Eland
New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis)
The range of this species extends patchily throughout coastal northeast USA, from southern Maine in the north to Rhode Island in the south.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Swamp Rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of south-central USA, from southeast Kansas in the west to western North Carolina in the east, and south to the Gulf Coast from southeast Texas in the west to southwest Alabama in the east.
Two subspecies are recognised:
S. a. aquaticus - photo by @Giant Eland
S. a. littoralis
Marsh Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris)
The range of this species extends throughout coastal southeast USA from southeast Virginia in the north to southern Florida in the south.
Three subspecies are recognised:
S. p. palustris
S. p. hefneri
S. p. paludicola - photo by @Maguari
Omilteme Cottontail (Sylvilagus insonus)
The range of this species is restricted to a tiny portion of Omilteme State Ecological Park in southwest Mexico.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Common Tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis)
The range of this species extends throughout much of northern and central South America, from northwest Colombia in the west to northeast Brazil and the Guianas in the east, and south to northern Argentina, Paraguay and southeast Brazil in the south.
Nineteen subspecies are recognised:
S. b. brasiliensis
S. b. andinus
S. b. apollinaris
S. b. capsalis
S. b. caracasensis
S. b. chillae
S. b. chotanus
S. b. defillipi
S. b. fulvescens
S. b. gibsoni
S. b. inca
S. b. kellogi
S. b. meridensis
S. b. minensis
S. b. paraguensis
S. b. peruanus
S. b. sanctamartae
S. b. surdaster
S. b. tapetillus
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Central American Tapeti (Sylvilagus gabbi)
The range of this species extends throughout much of Central America, from eastern Mexico in the north to southeast Panama in the south; absent from the Yucatan.
Two subspecies are recognised:
S. g. gabbi
S. g. truei
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit (Sylvilagus varynaensis)
The range of this species is restricted to a small region of the east-central lowlands of Venezuela.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Dice's Cottontail (Sylvilagus dicei)
Endemic to the Cordillera de Talamanca of western Panama and south-central Costa Rica.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Mexican Cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius)
The range of this species extends throughout much of southwest and south-central Mexico.
Three subspecies are recognised:
S. c. cunicularius
S. c. insolitus
S. c. pacificus
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Tres Marias Cottontail (Sylvilagus graysoni)
Endemic to the Islas Marías archipelago, off the southwest coastline of Mexico.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of central and eastern USA, south into Mexico and Central America, and also patchily throughout northern Colombia and Venezuela into the Netherlands Antilles. Introduced populations are present in southwest Canada and northwest USA, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and northern Italy.
Thirty-one subspecies are currently recognised; however this figure is likely to be an over-estimate and requires extensive reassessment:
S. f. floridanus - photo by @ThylacineAlive
S. f. alacer - photo by @jbnbsn99
S. f. ammophilus
S. f. avius
S. f. aztecus
S. f. chapmani
S. f. chiapensis
S. f. connectens
S. f. continentis
S. f. costaricensis
S. f. cumanicus
S. f. hesperius
S. f. hitchensi
S. f. holzneri
S. f. hondurensis
S. f. llanensis
S. f. macrocorpus
S. f. mallurus - photo by @Pleistohorse
S. f. margaritae
S. f. mearnsii - photo by @Giant Eland
S. f. nigronuchalis
S. f. orinoci
S. f. orizabae
S. f. paulsoni
S. f. purgatus
S. f. restrictus
S. f. russatus
S. f. similis
S. f. subcinctus
S. f. superciliaris
S. f. yucatanicus
Appalachian Cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus)
The range of this species extends patchily and in a fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout the Appalachian Mountains of eastern USA, from northern Pennsylvania in the north to northern Alabama in the south.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Robust Cottontail (Sylvilagus robustus)
The range of this species extends patchily throughout the mountains of southeast New Mexico and southwest Texas, and into adjacent northeast Mexico.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Manzano Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus cognatus)
Endemic to the Manzano Mountains of central New Mexico.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)
The range of this species extends throughout the western coastline of North America, from western Oregon in the north, to Baja California Sur in the south.
Thirteen subspecies are recognised:
S. b. bachmani
S. b. cerrosensis
S. b. cinerascens
S. b. exiguus
S. b. howelli
S. b. macrorhinus
S. b. mariposae
S. b. peninsularis
S. b. riparius - Photo by @Giant Eland
S. b. rosaphagus
S. b. tehamae
S. b. ubericolor
S. b. virgulti
San Jose Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus mansuetus)
Endemic to southwest Isla San José, off the eastern coastline of Baja California Sur.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audobonii)
The range of this species extends throughout much of southwest and central USA, and into northern and northwest Mexico.
Twelve subspecies are recognised:
S. a. audobonii - photo by @Great Argus
S. a. arizonae
S. a. baileyi
S. a. cedrophilus
S. a. confinis
S. a. goldmani
S. a. minor - photo by @Giant Eland
S. a. neomexicanus
S. a. parvulus
S. a. sanctidiegi - photo by @Coelacanth18
S. a. vallicola - photo by @ThylacineAlive
S. a. warreni - photo by @Giant Eland
Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii)
The range of this species extends throughout much of the Great Basin of western North America, from southwest British Columbia in the west to south-central Sasketchawan in the east, and south throughout west-central USA to east-central California in the west and northwest New Mexico in the east.
Three subspecies are recognised:
S. n. nuttallii
S. n. grangeri
S. n. pinetis - photo by @Giant Eland
New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis)
The range of this species extends patchily throughout coastal northeast USA, from southern Maine in the north to Rhode Island in the south.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Swamp Rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of south-central USA, from southeast Kansas in the west to western North Carolina in the east, and south to the Gulf Coast from southeast Texas in the west to southwest Alabama in the east.
Two subspecies are recognised:
S. a. aquaticus - photo by @Giant Eland
S. a. littoralis
Marsh Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris)
The range of this species extends throughout coastal southeast USA from southeast Virginia in the north to southern Florida in the south.
Three subspecies are recognised:
S. p. palustris
S. p. hefneri
S. p. paludicola - photo by @Maguari
Omilteme Cottontail (Sylvilagus insonus)
The range of this species is restricted to a tiny portion of Omilteme State Ecological Park in southwest Mexico.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Common Tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis)
The range of this species extends throughout much of northern and central South America, from northwest Colombia in the west to northeast Brazil and the Guianas in the east, and south to northern Argentina, Paraguay and southeast Brazil in the south.
Nineteen subspecies are recognised:
S. b. brasiliensis
S. b. andinus
S. b. apollinaris
S. b. capsalis
S. b. caracasensis
S. b. chillae
S. b. chotanus
S. b. defillipi
S. b. fulvescens
S. b. gibsoni
S. b. inca
S. b. kellogi
S. b. meridensis
S. b. minensis
S. b. paraguensis
S. b. peruanus
S. b. sanctamartae
S. b. surdaster
S. b. tapetillus
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Central American Tapeti (Sylvilagus gabbi)
The range of this species extends throughout much of Central America, from eastern Mexico in the north to southeast Panama in the south; absent from the Yucatan.
Two subspecies are recognised:
S. g. gabbi
S. g. truei
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit (Sylvilagus varynaensis)
The range of this species is restricted to a small region of the east-central lowlands of Venezuela.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Dice's Cottontail (Sylvilagus dicei)
Endemic to the Cordillera de Talamanca of western Panama and south-central Costa Rica.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Mexican Cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius)
The range of this species extends throughout much of southwest and south-central Mexico.
Three subspecies are recognised:
S. c. cunicularius
S. c. insolitus
S. c. pacificus
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Tres Marias Cottontail (Sylvilagus graysoni)
Endemic to the Islas Marías archipelago, off the southwest coastline of Mexico.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of central and eastern USA, south into Mexico and Central America, and also patchily throughout northern Colombia and Venezuela into the Netherlands Antilles. Introduced populations are present in southwest Canada and northwest USA, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and northern Italy.
Thirty-one subspecies are currently recognised; however this figure is likely to be an over-estimate and requires extensive reassessment:
S. f. floridanus - photo by @ThylacineAlive
S. f. alacer - photo by @jbnbsn99
S. f. ammophilus
S. f. avius
S. f. aztecus
S. f. chapmani
S. f. chiapensis
S. f. connectens
S. f. continentis
S. f. costaricensis
S. f. cumanicus
S. f. hesperius
S. f. hitchensi
S. f. holzneri
S. f. hondurensis
S. f. llanensis
S. f. macrocorpus
S. f. mallurus - photo by @Pleistohorse
S. f. margaritae
S. f. mearnsii - photo by @Giant Eland
S. f. nigronuchalis
S. f. orinoci
S. f. orizabae
S. f. paulsoni
S. f. purgatus
S. f. restrictus
S. f. russatus
S. f. similis
S. f. subcinctus
S. f. superciliaris
S. f. yucatanicus
Appalachian Cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus)
The range of this species extends patchily and in a fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout the Appalachian Mountains of eastern USA, from northern Pennsylvania in the north to northern Alabama in the south.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Robust Cottontail (Sylvilagus robustus)
The range of this species extends patchily throughout the mountains of southeast New Mexico and southwest Texas, and into adjacent northeast Mexico.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Manzano Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus cognatus)
Endemic to the Manzano Mountains of central New Mexico.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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