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Definition of Genus Sylvilagus
1. Noun. North American rabbits.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Leporidae, Leporidae
Member holonyms: Cottontail, Cottontail Rabbit, Wood Rabbit, Canecutter, Swamp Hare, Swamp Rabbit, Sylvilagus Aquaticus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sylvilagus
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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