Order Lagomorpha Author Robert S. Hoffmann text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 807 827 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353088 1-56098-217-9 7353088 Sylvilagus nuttallii (Bachman, 1837) . J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia , 7:345 . TYPE LOCALITY: "...west of the Rocky Mountains,...streams which flow into the Shoshonee and Columbia rivers"; restricted by Nelson (1909:201) to "eastern Oregon , near mouth of Malheur River." Listed by Bailey (1936) as "near Vale." DISTRIBUTION: Intermountain area of North America from S British Columbia to S Saskatchewan ( Canada ), south to E California , Nevada , C Arizona , and NW New Mexico ( USA ). STATUS: S. floridanus appears to be displacing nuttallii in SE North Dakota ; see Genoways and Jones (1972); but elsewhere generally common ( Chapman and Ceballos, 1990 ). SYNONYMS: artemesia (Bachman, 1839); grangeri (J. Allen, 1895); perplicatus Elliott, 1904; pinetis (J. Allen, 1894). COMMENTS: Subgenus Sylvilagus ( Gureev, 1964:168 ) . Reviewed by Chapman (1975a , Mammalian Species, 56).