Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Forest rabbit

  FAMILY -               Leporidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Sylvilagus brasiliensis truei

  REFERENCES - 3

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places     4
  

   - Comments on Status

  3* Pops. decline or disappear when forests are cleared; status unclear

  District                                                     Reference

  Cayo                                                                 2
  Stann Creek                                                          2
  Toledo                                                               2
  

  

                                                                               

  References

  1  McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter
     25 (2-3).
  
  2  Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley &
     Sons. New York. 1:295
  
  3  Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993.  Mammal Species of the World, a
     Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst.
     p.825
  
  4  Emmons, L. H. 1990.  Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide.
     University of Chicago Press.  Chicago and London.
     p.227-228