Subspecies and Distribution. S.f.floridanusJ.A.Allen,1890—FloridaPeninsulaexceptSEtip(SEUSA). S.f.alacerBangs,1896—CSUSA,inSEKansas,C&SMissouri,EOklahoma,Arkansas,extremeWTennessee,ETexas,mostofMississippi,extremeWCAlabama,andLouisiana.S.fammophilusHowell,1939—EtipoftheFloridaPeninsula(SEUSA).S.faviusOsgood,1910—ConejoI(LosTestigos),offNEVenezuela.S.faztecus].A.Allen,1890—S&EOaxaca,andSWtipofChiapas(SWMexico). S.f.chapmani].A.Allen,1899—W&STexas(SUSA),ECoahuila,N&ENuevoLeon,andmostofTamaulipas(NEMexico). S.f.chiapensisNelson,1904—NEtipofOaxacaandC&SChiapas(Mexico),andWGuatemala. S.f.connectensNelson,1904—STamaulipas,VeracruzexcepttheS,SanLuisPotosi,NEQuerétaro,NEHidalgo,NPuebla,andNOaxaca(EMexico). S.f.continentisOsgood,1912—NWVenezuela. S.f.costaricensisHarris1933—NWCostaRica. S.f.cumanicusThomas,1897—N&CVenezuela. S.f.hesperiusHoffmeister&Lee,1963—NW&CArizona(SWUSA). S.f.hitchensiMearns,1911—SmithandFishermanIsinNorthamptonCounty,EVirginia(EUSA). S.f.holzneriMearns,1896—SEArizona,andSWtipofNewMexico(SWUSA),ESonora,Chihuahua,WDurango,WZacatecas,andESinaloa(NWMexico). S.f.hondurensisGoldman,1932—SEGuatemala,SW&SHonduras,ElSalvador,andNW&CNicaragua. S.fllanensisBlair,1938—SWKansas,SEtipofColorado,WOklahoma,andNCTexas(CUSA). S.f.macrocorpusDiersing&Wilson,1980—Nayarit,SWJalisco,andSWMichoacan(WMexico). S.f.mallurusThomas,1898—EUSA,fromMaineSWtoE&SPennsylvania,andEWestVirginia,WthroughSKentuckytomostofTennessee(excepttheextremeW),andStomostofAlabama(excepttheextremeW)andNFlorida. S.f.margaritaeMiller,1898—MargaritaI,offNVenezuela. S.f.mearnsii].A.Allen,1894—NC&NEUSA,fromMinnesotaEtoMichigan,andStoENebraska,NEKansas,NMissouri,Kentucky,NWtipofVirginia,WWestVirginia,Ohio,N&WPennsylvania,NW&NNewYork,andWVermont,alsoSC&SECanada,inSEOntario,andSEQuebec. S.f.nigronuchalisHartert,1894—ArubaandCuracaoIs(NetherlandsAntilles),offNVenezuela. S.f.orinociThomas,1900—VichadaDepartment(EColombia)andVenezuelaSoftheOrinocoRiver. S.f.orizabaeMerriam,1893—SECoahuila,SWNuevoLeon,SEZacatecas,SanLuisPotosi,Guanajuato,Querétaro,Hidalgo,NWVeracruz,México,andPuebla(CMexico).S.fpaulsoniSchwartz,1956—SEtipoftheFloridaPeninsula(SEUSA). S.f.purgatusThomas,1920—CundinamarcaandTolimaDepartments(CColombia). S.f.restrictusNelson,1907—SWNayarit,C&SJalisco,EColima,andSWMichoacan(Mexico). S.f.russatusJ.A.Allen,1904—SEtipofVeracruz(Mexico). S.f.similisNelson,1907—NCUSA,fromNorthDakota,SWMontana,andNWMinnesotaStoNE&SEWyoming,NEColorado,andNKansas,alsoinSCCanada,SManitoba,andSESaskatchewan(Canada). S.f.subcinctusMiller,1899—Aguascalientes,C&NEJalisco,SWGuanajuato,andNMichoacan(Mexico). S. f. superciliarisJ. A. Allen, 1899 — La Guajira, Magdalena, Atlantico and Bolivar departments (N Colombia). S. [> yucatanicus Miller, 1899 — NW Yucatan Peninsula (SE Mexico). The subspecies mearnsii has been introduced into Vancouver I (SW Canada) and into Washington and Oregon states (NW USA). Also introduced into Italy and the Alps. in Leporidae