Pass. California (Orr, 1940:153): Laytonville; Maillard
[=4 mi. E Lagunitas].

SYLVILAGUS BACHMANI VIRGULTI Dice.

1926. _Sylvilagus bachmani virgulti_ Dice, Occas. papers Mus. Zool.
Univ. Michigan, 166:24, February 11, Soledad, Monterey County,
California.

_Marginal records._--California (Orr, 1940:166): The Pinnacles;
Waltham Cr., 4-1/2 mi. SE Priest Valley; 2 mi. S San Miguel; Bryson.

=Sylvilagus mansuetus=

Brush Rabbit

1907. _Sylvilagus mansuetus_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
20:83, July 22, type from San Jos['e] Island, Gulf of California,
Baja California. Known from San Jos['e] Island only.

This insular species is closely related to _Sylvilagus bachmani_ and is
distinguished by paleness, proportionately longer and narrower skull,
fusion to skull of anterior arm of supraorbital process, and larger
jugal.

=Sylvilagus palustris=

Marsh Rabbit

(See figure 42)

Total length, 425-440; tail, 33-39; hind foot, 88-91; ear from notch
(dry), 45-52. Upper parts blackish brown or reddish brown; underside of
tail brownish or dingy gray (not white); ears, tail and hind feet short;
posterior and anterior extensions of supraorbital processes joined to
skull along most (or all) of their extent. The lack of white on the
underside of the tail is a ready means of distinguishing this species
from the other species of the genus which occur within its geographic
range. The species occurs in the lowlands, possibly not above 500 feet
altitude, of the Lower Austral and Tropical life-zones. In Florida,
Blair (1936) found that the marsh rabbit ate 29 per cent of its bodily
weight in green food each day and that the number of embryos in 3
females was 4, 4 and 3.

SYLVILAGUS PALUSTRIS PALUDICOLA (Miller and Bangs).

1894. _Lepus paludicola_ Miller and Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 9:105, June 9, type from Ft. Island, near Crystal
Riv., Citrus Co., Fla.

1909. _Sylvilagus palustris paludicola_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna,
29:269, August 31.

_Marginal records._--Florida (Nelson, 1909:270): Hibernia [= Green
Cove Springs]; San Mateo; along Atlantic Coast at least to Micco;
Kissimmee River; Cape Sable; northward along Gulf Coast and on
coastal islands at least to Suwanee River.

SYLVILAGUS PALUSTRIS PALUSTRIS (Bachman).

1837. _Lepus palustris_ Bachman, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia,
7:194, type locality