Definition of Genus Sylvilagus

1. Noun. North American rabbits.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sylvilagus

genus Stylophorum
genus Styphelia
genus Styracosaurus
genus Styrax
genus Subularia
genus Suillus
genus Suksdorfia
genus Sula
genus Sundacarpus
genus Suricata
genus Surnia
genus Sus
genus Swainsona
genus Swertia
genus Swietinia
genus Sylvilagus (current term)
genus Symphalangus
genus Symphoricarpos
genus Symphytum
genus Symplocarpus
genus Symplocus
genus Synagrops
genus Synanceja
genus Synaptomys
genus Synchytrium
genus Synercus
genus Syngnathus
genus Syngonium
genus Syringa
genus Syrrhaptes

Literary usage of Genus Sylvilagus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The cottontails, or wood-rabbits, of North and South America arc regarded as forming a genus Sylvilagus, by themselves, which includes the Brazilian and ..."

2. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"... with those in the table on page 585 of Baird's Mammals of North America it is seen that No. -fffc must be regarded as the type. Genus SYLVILAGUS. ..."

3. Outlines of Economic Zoölogy by Albert Moore Reese (1919)
"The smaller forms (genus Sylvilagus), generally called "cottontails" occur in all of the States of the Union, Fig. 161. Rabbits raise from two to four ..."

4. Reports and Papers by Iowa Geological Survey (1914)
"The genus Sylvilagus likewise includes fourteen North American species. These inhabit the continent as far north as the Great Lakes and the British American ..."

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