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Baccus, J. T., and M. W. Wallace. 1997. Distribution and habitat affinity of the swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus: Lagomorpha: Leporidae) on the Edwards Plateau of Texas. Texas Tech University Museum Occasional Papers 167:1-13.

Bachman, J. 1837. Observations on the different species of hares (genus Lepus) inhabiting the United States and Canada. Journal of the Academy of National Science 7:282-361.

Bennitt, R., and W. O. Nagel. 1937. A survey of the resident game and furbearers of Missouri. University of Missouri Studies XII(2):92-99.

Blair, R. M., and M. J. Langlinais. 1960. Nutria and swamp rabbit damage baldcypress plantings. Journal of Forestry 58:388-389

Branson, B. A., D. F. Harker Jr., J. M. Baskin, M. E. Medley, D. L. Batch, M. L. Warren Jr., W. H. Davis, W. C. Houtcooper, B. Monroe Jr., L. R. Phillippe, and P. Cupp. 1981. Endangered, threatened, and rare animals and plants of Kentucky. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 44:77-88.

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_____. 1963. Evaluation of swamp rabbit habitat. Federal Aid Report W-38-R-4. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Kentucky, USA.

_____. 1965. Evaluation of swamp rabbit release sites and habitat. Unpublished Federal Aid. Project No. W-38-R-6.

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Calhoun, J. B. 1941. Distribution and food habits of mammals in the vicinity of Reelfoot biological station. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 6:177-185; 207-225.

Causby, L. A., and E. N. Smith. 1981. Control of fear bradycardia in the swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus. Comparative Biochemical Physiology 69C:367-370.

Chandler, A. C. 1929. A new species of trematode worm belonging to the genus Hasstilesia from rabbits in Texas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 75:1-3

Chapman, J. A., and G. A. Feldhamer. 1981. Sylvilagus aquaticus. Mammalian Species 151:1-4.

Cochrum, E. L. 1949. Range extension of the swamp rabbit in Illinois. Journal of Mammalogy 30:427-429.

Conaway, C. H., T. S. Baskett, and J. E. Toll. 1960. Embryo resorption in the swamp rabbit. Journal of Wildlife Management 24:197-202.

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Daily, T. V. 1992. Swamp rabbit distribution survey. Missouri Federal Aid Project W-13-R(1992) Study No. 40 Final Report. Missouri Department of Conservation, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

_____, T. M. Vangilder, and L. W. Burger, JR. 1993. Swamp rabbit distribution in Missouri: Proceedings of the Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 47:251-256.

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Erickson, A. B. 1947. Helminth parasites of rabbits of the genus Sylvilagus. Journal of Wildlife Management 11:255-263.

Garner, H. W., T. G. Joy, K. D. Huckabee, and P. M. Pitts. 1990. Additional records of mammals along the boundary of the Kansan-Texan biotic provinces in north-central Texas. Texas Journal of Science 42(3):308-310.

Giuliano, W. M., C. L. Elliot, and J. D. Sole. 1993. Seasonal changes in abundance of Kentucky cottontails. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 54:22-27.

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Gray, J. E. 1867. Notes on the skulls of hares (Leporidae) and picas (Lagomyidae) in British Museum. Annual Magazine of Natural History 20:221-225.

Halanych, K. M., and T. J. Robinson. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships of cottontails (Sylvilagus, Lagomorpha): Congruence of 12S rDNA and cytogenetic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 7:294-302.

Hahn, W. L. 1909. The mammals of Indiana. 33^rd Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources. Pages 417-654, 659-663

Hall, E. R. 1951. A synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Publication 5:119-202.

Hamilton, W. J., Jr. 1955. Caprophagy in the swamp rabbit. Journal of Mammalogy 36:303-304.

Harkema, R. 1938. The parasites of some North Carolina rodents. Ecological Monograph 6:151-232.

Harper, F. 1929. Mammal notes from Randolph County, Georgia. Journal of Mammalogy 10:84-85.

Harrison, T., and P. F. Hickie. 1931. Indiana's swamp rabbit. Journal of Mammalogy 12:319-320.

Heuer, E. T. Jr., and H. R. Perry. 1976. Squirrel and rabbit abundances in the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 30:552-559.

Hill, E. P. 1967. Notes on the life history of the swamp rabbit in Alabama. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissions 21:117-123.

Holler, N. R., T. S. Baskett, and J. P. Rogers. 1963. Reproduction in confined swamp rabbits. Journal of Wildlife Management 27:179-183.

_____, and H. M. Marsden. 1970. Onset of evening activity of swamp rabbits and cottontails in relation to sunset. Journal of Wildlife Management 34:349-353.

_____, and J. F. Sorensen. 1969. Changes in the behavior of a male swamp rabbit. Journal of Mammalogy 50:832-833.

Holten, J. W. and J. E. Toll. 1960. Winter weights of juvenile and adult swamp rabbits in southeastern Missouri. Journal of Wildlife Management 24:229-230.

Hunt, T. P. 1959. Breeding habits of the swamp rabbit with notes on its life history. Journal of Mammalogy 40:82-91.

Hurst, G. A., and M. W. Smith. 1986. Effect of silvicultural practices on swamp rabbit habitat. Pages 334-340 in Proceedings of the fourth biennial southern silvicultural research conference. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report SE-2.

Jenkins, J. H., and E. E. Provost. 1964. The population status of The larger vertebrates on the Atomic Energy Commission Savannah River Plant Site. Final Report of the Atomic Energy Commission TID-19562. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.

Kirkpatrick, R. D. 1961. New observations of Indiana's swamp rabbits. Journal of Mammalogy 42:99-100.

Kjolhaug, M. S., A. Woolf, and W. D. Klimstra. 1987. Current status and distribution of the swamp rabbit in Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 80:299-308.

_____, and _____. 1988. Home range of the swamp rabbit in southern Illinois. Journal of Mammalogy 69:194-197.

Klimstra, W. D., and J. L. Roseberry. 1969. Additional observations on some southern Illinois mammals. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 62:413-417.

Korte, P. A., and L. H. Fredrickson. 1977. Swamp rabbit distribution in Missouri. Missouri Academy of Science vol 10 & 11:72-77.

Lay, D. W., and W. P Taylor. 1943. Wildlife aspects of cutover pine woodland in eastern Texas. Journal of Forestry 41:446-448.

Layne, J. N. 1958. Notes on the mammals of southern Illinois. American Midland Naturalist 60:219-254.

Lord, R. D. 1963. The cottontail rabbit in Illinois. Illinois Department of Conservation Technical Bulletin 3.

Lowe, C. E. 1958. Ecology of the swamp rabbit in Georgia. Journal of Mammalogy 39:116-127.

Lumsden, R. D., and J. A. Zischke. 1962. Seven trematodes from small mammals in Louisiana. Tulane Studies in Zoology 9:87-100.

Lyon, M. W., Jr. 1936. Mammals of Indiana. American Midland Naturalist 17:1-384

Marsden, H. M. and N. R. Holler. 1964. Social behavior in confined populations of the cottontail and the swamp rabbit. Wildlife Monographs 13:1-39.

Martinson, R. K., J. W. Holten, and G. K. Brakhage. 1961. Age criteria and population dynamics of the swamp rabbit in Missouri. Journal of Wildlife Management 25:271-281.

Massengill, D., and W. P. Smith. 1989. Introduction of swamp rabbits to Cordel Hull Wildlife Management Area: a status report. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 64(2):54. Abstract only

McCollum, R. C. and N. R. Holler. 1994. Comparative use of floodplains by swamp rabbits. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 65:263-275.

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Nelson, L. K. 1974. Swamp rabbit investigations. Kentucky Statewide Wildlife Management Project No. W-45-5.

_____. 1974. Determination of the rate of swamp rabbit habitat destruction. P-R Project W-45-5. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA.

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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. 1994. Upland game investigations. Annual Performance Report W-82-R-33.

Olson, D. E. 1940. A late Pleistocene fauna from Herculaneum, Missouri. Journal of Geology 48:32-56.

Palmer, W. E., G. A. Hurst, B. D. Leopold, and D. C. Cotton. 1991. Body weights and sex and age ratios for the swamp rabbit in Mississppi. Journal of Mammalogy 72:620-622.

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Smith, C. C. 1940. Notes on the food and parasites of the rabbits of a lowland area in Oklahoma. Journal of Wildlife Management 4:429-431.

Smith, E. N., K. Sims, and J. F. Vich. 1981. Oxygen consumption of frightened swamp rabbits, Sylvilagus aquaticus. Comparative & Biochemical Physiology. A. Comparative Physiology 70:533-536.

_____, and E. W. Tobey. 1983. Heart-rate response to forced and voluntary diving in swamp rabbits Sylvilagus aquaticus. Physiological Zoology 56:632-638.

Smith, W. P., P. A. Zollner, and L. A. Brennan. 1993. Ecology of the swamp rabbit in south-central Arkansas. Completion report, Study No. FS-SO-4104-92. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.

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_____. 1994. Swamp rabbit distribution. Federal Aid Project W-45-25. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Franfort, Kentucky, USA.

Sorensen, M. F., J. P. Rogers, and T. S. Baskett. 1968. Reproduction and development in confined swamp rabbits. Journal of Wildlife Management 32:520-531.

_____, _____, and _____. 1972. Parental behavior in swamp rabbits. Journal of Wildlife Management 53:840-849.

Streckler, J. K., and W. J. Williams. 1929. Mammal notes from Sulpher River, Bowie County, Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 10:259.

Svihla, R. D. 1929. Habits of Sylvilagus aquaticus littoralis. Journal of Mammalogy 10:315-319.

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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. 1994. Wildlife research report: rabbit hunter survey report 1993-1994. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Technical Report 94-4.

Terrel, T. L. 1972. The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) in Indiana. American Midland Naturalist 63:398-412.

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Ward, J. W. 1934. A study of some parasites of rabbits of central Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 14:31-32.

Warren, M. L., W. H. Davis. R. R. Hannan, M. Evan, D. L. Batch, B. D. Anderson, B. Palmer-Ball, Jr., J. R. MacGregor, R. R. Cicerello, R. Athey, B. A. Branson, G. J. Fallo, B. M. Burr, M. E. Medley, J. M. Baskin. 1986. Endangered, threatened, and rare plants and animals of Kentucky. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 47:83-98.

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Whitaker, J. O. Jr. and B. Abrell. 1986. The swamp rabbit, (Sylvilagus aquaticus), in Indiana, 1984-1985. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 95:563-570.

Woolf, A., M. Barbour, and J. Porath. 1998. Illinois swamp rabbit study. Federal Aid Project W-127-R-3. Final Report. Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, USA.

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BOOKS

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THESES & DISSERTATIONS

Bryant, R. L. 1954. Population studies and food habits of cottontails and swamp rabbits in southwestern Louisiana. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Busch, B. 1995. The application of a swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) habitat suitability index to a portion of the Clarks River drainage and associated wetlands in western Kentucky utilizing a geographic information system. Thesis. Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, USA.

Croft, R. L. 1961. The value of food plots to cottontail and swamp rabbits in Louisiana. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Garner, G. W. 1969. Short-term succession of vegetation following habitat manipulation of bottomland hardwoods for swamp rabbits in Louisiana. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Goldblatt, I. A. 1992. Using a geographic information system and the national wetland inventory to model swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) habitat. Thesis. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.

Gould, A. B. 1974. The home range and habitat preferences of swamp rabbits along a shell road in the intermediate marsh of southwestern Louisiana. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Hastings, E. F. 1954. Life history studies of cottontail and swamp rabbits in Louisiana. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Heuer, E. T., Jr. 1976. Relative abundance of squirrels and rabbits in three forest types of the Atchafalaya River basin, Louisiana. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Holler, N. R. 1963. Social behavior of the swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus). Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Holten, J.W. 1960. Age determination and population of swamp rabbits (Sylvilagus aquaticus). Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Hunt. T. P. 1956. The reproductive pattern of the swamp rabbit in Brazos County, Texas. Thesis. A & M College of Texas, College Station, Texas, USA.

Kjolhaug, M. S. 1986. Status, distribution, and factors determining habitat quality of the swamp rabbit in Illinois. Thesis. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, USA.

Korte, P. A. 1975. Distribution and habitat requirements of the swamp rabbit in Missouri. Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Lapham, V. T. 1950. A study of the genus Sylvilagus in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Martinson, R. K. 1961. Age and sex characteristics of a swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) population. Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

McCollum, R. C. 1992. Comparative use of lower, headwater, and beaver impacted floodplains by swamp rabbits. Thesis. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.

Merkelbach, J. E. 1983. Behavior of confined swamp rabbits (Sylvilagus aquaticus) in controlled cover situations. Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Mullin, K. D. 1979. Aspects of the ecology of the swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) in disturbed bottomland hardwoods and associated pinewoods in west-central Louisiana. Thesis. Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA.

Porath, J. W. 1997. Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) status, distribution, and habitat characteristics in southern Illinois. Thesis. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, USA.

Richardson, L. U. G. 1963. Food preferences and nutritive content of selected plants fed to cottontail and swamp rabbits. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Smith, M. W. 1982. The effects of selected silvilcultural practices on swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) habitat. Thesis. Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA.

Sorensen, M. F. 1966. Behavior, reproduction, and development in confined swamp rabbits. Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Sullivan, A. D. 1966. Food preferences of swamp rabbits for selected plants. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Terrell, T. L. 1969. The swamp rabbit in Indiana. Thesis. Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

Toll, J. E. 1958. Life history of the swamp rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus in Missouri. Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Wallace, M. W. 1994. Distribution and habitat affinity of the swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) on the Edwards Plateau of Texas. Thesis. Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA.

Zollner, P. A. 1993. Ecology of the swamp rabbit in south-central Arkansas. Thesis. Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA.