Order Lagomorpha
Author
James H. Honacki
Author
Kenneth E. Kinman
Author
James W. Koeppl
text
1982
Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Editor
James H. Honacki
Editor
Kenneth E. Kinman
Editor
James W. Koeppl
Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition)
595
604
book chapter
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Sylvilagus idahoensis
(Merriam, 1891)
.
N. Am. Fauna, 5:76
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
U.S.A.
,
Idaho
, Custer County, near Goldburg
.
DISTRIBUTION: S.W.
Oregon
to E.C.
California
, S.W.
Utah
, north to S.W.
Montana
(
U.S.A.
). Isolated population in W.C.
Washington
(
U.S.A.
).
COMMENT: The status of the isolated
Washington
population is uncertain. Placed in the monotypic genus
Brachylagus
by
Dawson, 1967
, Univ. Kans. Dept. Geol. Spec. Publ. No. 2, p. 303; and, together with
bachmani
,
in the genus
Microlagus
by
Gureev, 1964:170- 173
; but also see
Hall, 1981:294
, who recognized
Brachylagus
as a subgenus. Reviewed by
Green and Flinders, 1980
, Mamm. Species, 125:1-4, under the name
Brachylagus
.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301409002008008001.