"Sylvilagus palustris" sunan kimiyya ne ga zomo marsh, wanda wani nau'in zomo ne na auduga da ake samu a yankunan marshy na kudu maso gabashin Amurka.Kalmar "Sylvilagus" ta samo asali ne daga harshen Latin. kalmomin "silva" ma'ana "daji" da "lagus" ma'ana "kure." Don haka, ana iya fassara shi da “kurayen daji.”Kalmar “palustris” ita ma an samo ta ne daga harshen Latin kuma tana nufin “na marsh” ko “marshy”. Saboda haka, "Sylvilagus palustris" ana iya fassara shi da "kuren daji na daji."