Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
  
 Order Lagomorpha Brandt, 1855 - lagomorphs
    
 Family Leporidae Batsch, 1788 - hares and rabbits
      
 Genus Sylvilagus Gray, 1867 - cottontails
        
 01 Sylvilagus aquaticus (Bachman, 1837) - swamp rabbit
        
 02 Sylvilagus audubonii (Baird, 1858) - desert cottontail
        
 03 Sylvilagus bachmani (Waterhouse, 1839) - brush rabbit
        
 04 Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - forest rabbit
        
 05 Sylvilagus cunicularius (Waterhouse, 1848) - Mexican cottontail
        
 06 Sylvilagus dicei Harris, 1932
        
 07 Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen, 1890) - eastern cottontail
        
 08 Sylvilagus graysoni (Allen, 1877) - Tres Marias cottontail
        
 09 Sylvilagus insonus Nelson, 1904 - Omilteme cottontail
        
 10 Sylvilagus nuttalli - Nuttall's cottontail
 see  Sylvilagus nuttallii (Bachman, 1837)
        
 11 Sylvilagus palustris (Bachman, 1837) - marsh rabbit
        
 12 Sylvilagus transitionalis (Bangs, 1895) - New England cottontail