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Eastern Cottontail (Floridakonijn)




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Eastern Cottontail - Sylvilagus floridanus - Floridakonijn
Eastern North America, Central America and northern South America.

The following 32 subspecies are being recognized:
Sylvilagus floridanus similis - Southcentral-Canada and Northcentral-USA (North Dakota to Kansas);
Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi - Minnesota to New York and south to North-Missouri and Kentucky (Northeast-USA);
Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus - Massachusetts south to North-Florida and west to Tennessee and Mississipii (East-USA);
Sylvilagus floridanus hitchensi - Smith Island, Virginia (East-USA);
Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus - Central-Florida Peninsula (Southeast-USA);
Sylvilagus floridanus ammophilus - Atlantic coast of Micco, Central-Florida (Southeast-USA);
Sylvilagus floridanus paulsoni - Homestead and Miami regions, South-Florida (Southeast-USA);
Sylvilagus floridanus alacer - Southeast-Kansas and South-Missouri to Northeast-Texas and Louisiana (Southcentral-USA);
Sylvilagus floridanus llanensis - Southwest-Kansas, West-Oklahoma, Northcentral-Texas (Central-USA);
Sylvilagus floridanus hesperius - West-Arizona (Southcentral-USA);
Sylvilagus floridanus holzneri - South-Arizona (Southcentral-USA) through West-Mexico south to Guanajuato;
Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani - East-Texas (Southcentral-USA) and Tamaulipas (Northeast-Mexico);
Sylvilagus floridanus nelsoni - Coahuila de Zaragosa (Northeast-Mexico);
Sylvilagus floridanus orizabae - San Luis Potosí south to Puebla (Central-Mexico);
Sylvilagus floridanus connectens - Veracruz (East-Mexico);
Sylvilagus floridanus restrictus - Nayarit, Jalisco and West-Michoacán de Ocampo (West-Mexico);
Sylvilagus floridanus subcinctus - Central-Michoacán de Ocampo (West-Mexico);
Sylvilagus floridanus russatus - South-Veracruz (Southeast-Mexico);
Sylvilagus floridanus yucatanicus - North-Campeche and Yucatan (Southeast-Mexico);
Sylvilagus floridanus aztecus - West- and coastal Oaxaca (South-Mexico);
Sylvilagus floridanus chiapensis - East-Oaxaca and Chiapas (Southwest-Mexico) and West-Guatemala;
Sylvilagus floridanus hondurensis - East-Guatemala, El Salvador, South-Honduras and West-Nicaragua;
Sylvilagus floridanus costaricensis - South-Nicaragua and Costa Rica;
Sylvilagus floridanus superciliaris - Santa Marta, North-Colombia;
Sylvilagus floridanus continentis - Northwest-Venezuela;
Sylvilagus floridanus valenciae - Carabobo, Northcentral-Venezuela;
Sylvilagus floridanus orinoci - Rio Orinoco of extreme East-Colombia and Central-Venezuela;
Sylvilagus floridanus cumanicus - North-Zulia, North-Venezuela;
Sylvilagus floridanus avius - Islas de los Testigos, off Venezuela;
Sylvilagus floridanus margaritae - Margarita Island, off Venezuela;
Sylvilagus floridanus nigronuchalis - Aruba, off Venezuela;
Sylvilagus floridanus purgatus Rio Magdalena, Tolima Prov, West-Colombia.

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


Eastern CottontailSylvilagus floridanus floridanus
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus
Eastern CottontailSylvilagus floridanus floridanus
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus