Mass: 1.1 kg based on Layne 1958 and Scribner and Warren 1986
Diet: herbivore based on Trent and Rongstad 1974
Abundance: 0.04 to 27.15% (median 1.15%)
Latitudinal range: 16.6° to 45.3°Habitats: (33), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (12), temperate coniferous forest (3), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (7), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)
Found in 59 samples
Canada: Lindsay, Irving-Johnston (Holocene), Roussillon, Québec
Mexico: La Reserva Natural Sierra Nanchititla, Estación CientÃfica Las Joyas, Tolistoque (dry season), Tolistoque (rainy season), Huasabas-Sahuaripa Region, Ajos, Madera West, San Juan Bautista Cuicatlân (lluvias), Cueva de Abra (Late Pleistocene), Xalapa, Sierra Region (secondary forest), Sierra Region (oil palm), Santa Marta rock-shelter (Holocene)
United States: Memphis, Salt Pond Mountain, Haw River, Rocky River, Fayette County, Raleigh-Durham, Longview Lake and Warrensburg, Savannah River Site (S1), Savannah River Site (U1), Savannah River Site (U2), The Wilds, Blue Grass Army Depot, Ardis (Late Pleistocene), Zesch Cave (Late Pleistocene), Vess Cave (Late Pleistocene), Saber-tooth Cave (Late Pleistocene), Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), First American Bank Site (Feature 1) (Late Pleistocene), Dust Cave (Zones T and U) (Holocene), Hulme Site (Holocene), McKinley Site (Zone A) (Holocene), McKinley Site (Zone B) (Holocene), Angel Site (Subdivision W10D) (Holocene), Croley-Evans (Holocene), Watson Brake (6.4 mm fraction) (Holocene), Mykut Rockshelter (Holocene), Black Cat Cave (Test Unit 1) (Holocene), Hobson Site (Holocene), Edwin Harness Mound (Holocene), Guard (Holocene), Coffey (Horizon III-5, 1972-73) (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Hosterman's Pit (Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone D) (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Polecat Creek (alluvial gravel) (Late Pleistocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer B) (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), Box Elder Creek (Holocene), Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (logs, feature), Granite Cave (Holocene)
body mass | 1361 kg | N = 9 | Layne 1958 |
body mass | 961.8 g | N = 21 | Scribner and Warren 1986 |
condylobasal length | 51.2 mm | N = 21 | Scribner and Warren 1986 |
♂ condyloincisive length | 72.5 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1914 |
♂ ear length | 72 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1899 |
♂ ear length | 62 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1914 |
ear length | 65 mm | N = 5 | Allen 1899 |
ear length | 61 mm | N = 8 | Howell 1939 |
ear length | 60.7 mm | N = 11 | Layne 1958 |
ear length | 67.2 mm | N = 21 | Scribner and Warren 1986 |
♂ head and body length | 412 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1914 |
♂ hind foot length | 87 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1899 |
♂ hind foot length | 90 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1914 |
hind foot length | 93 mm | N = 5 | Allen 1899 |
hind foot length | 92.2 mm | N = 8 | Howell 1939 |
hind foot length | 96.9 mm | N = 11 | Layne 1958 |
hind foot length | 85.8 mm | N = 21 | Scribner and Warren 1986 |
♂ skull length | 79 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1899 |
♂ skull length | 46.3 mm | N = 1 | Tamsitt and Valdivieso 1964 |
♂ skull length | 80 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1914 |
skull length | 71.3 mm | N = 7 | Howell 1939 |
♂ skull width | 35.5 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1899 |
♂ skull width | 37.5 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1914 |
skull width | 34.7 mm | N = 7 | Howell 1939 |
skull width | 33.2 mm | N = 21 | Scribner and Warren 1986 |
♂ tail length | 25 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1899 |
♂ tail length | 27 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1914 |
tail length | 31 mm | N = 5 | Allen 1899 |
tail length | 57 mm | N = 8 | Howell 1939 |
tail length | 53.2 mm | N = 11 | Layne 1958 |
tail length | 46.6 mm | N = 21 | Scribner and Warren 1986 |
♂ total body length | 400 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1899 |
total body length | 394 mm | N = 5 | Allen 1899 |
total body length | 419 mm | N = 8 | Howell 1939 |
total body length | 444.0 mm | N = 11 | Layne 1958 |
total body length | 423.1 mm | N = 21 | Scribner and Warren 1986 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 14 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1899 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 15.2 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1914 |
upper tooth row length | 13.8 mm | N = 7 | Howell 1939 |
upper tooth row length | 12.7 mm | N = 21 | Scribner and Warren 1986 |
See also Sylvilagus, Sylvilagus aquaticus, Sylvilagus audubonii, Sylvilagus bachmani, Sylvilagus brasiliensis, Sylvilagus cunicularius, Sylvilagus hibbardi, Sylvilagus nuttallii, Sylvilagus palustris, Sylvilagus sp., Sylvilagus spp., Sylvilagus webbi