Chapter III: Part 3

1930. _Lepus variabilis hyperboreus_ Pedersen, Medd. om Gr[:o]nland,
77:363, no type or type locality designated but name applied to
hares of east Greenland in the general vicinity of Scoresby Sound
(preoccupied by _Lepus hyperboreas_ Pallas, Zoogeographica Rosso
Asiatica, 1:152, 1831, a species of _Ochotona_).

1934. _Lepus arcticus persimilis_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 47:84, March 8, type from S side Clavering Island,
east Greenland.

_Marginal records._--Greenland (A. H. Howell, 1936:331): Cape
Alexander; on east coast to Francis Joseph Fiord; on west coast to
_Nugsuak Peninsula_; Disko Island; Holsteinsborg.

LEPUS ARCTICUS LABRADORIUS Miller.

1899. _Lepus labradorius_ Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
13:39, May 29, type from Fort Chimo, Ungava, Canada.

1924. _Lepus arcticus labradorius_, G. M. Allen and Copeland, Jour.
Mamm., 5:12, February 9.

1902. _Lepus arcticus canus_ Preble, N. Amer. Fauna, 22:59, October
31, type from Hubbart Point, W coast Hudson Bay, Keewatin.

_Marginal records_ (A. H. Howell, 1936:323).--Franklin: Pangnirtung
Fiord; Nunata, Kingua Fiord; Cumberland Sound, Blacklead Island;
Weddell Harbor, Frobisher Bay. Labrador: Ramah; Solomons Island,
near Davis Inlet. Quebec: _type locality_; Great Whale River, Hudson
Bay; Belcher Islands. Manitoba: Fort Churchill; _Hubbart Point_.
Keewatin: Cape Fullerton; Southampton Island. Franklin: _Cape
Dorset_; Camp Kungovik, W coast Baffin Island, 65[deg] 35' N lat.;
_Nettilling Fiord_.

LEPUS ARCTICUS MONSTRABILIS Nelson.

1934. _Lepus arcticus monstrabilis_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 47:85, March 8, type from Buchanan Bay, Ellesmere
Island.

_Marginal records._--Franklin (A. H. Howell, 1936:329): Cape
Sheridan; Craig Harbor; Dundas Harbor, Devon Island.

LEPUS ARCTICUS PORSILDI Nelson.

1934. _Lepus arcticus porsildi_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
47:83, March 8, type from near Julianehaab, 61[deg] 20' N lat.,
Greenland.

_Marginal records._--Greenland (A. H. Howell, 1936:332):
Sukkertoppen; _Neria, 61[deg] 36' N lat_.; 60[deg] 42' N lat.

=Lepus townsendii=

White-tailed Jack Rabbit

Total length, 565-655; tail, 66-112; hind foot, 145-172; ear from notch (dry), 96-113. Upper parts grayish brown; tail all white or with dusky or buffy mid-dorsal stripe which does not extend onto back; white in winter in northern parts of its range. Two adult males weighed 2945 and 2494 grams (Orr, 1940:43) and there are 3 to 6 young in a litter.

1. _Lepus townsendii townsendii_
2. _Lepus townsendii campanius_ ]

LEPUS TOWNSENDII CAMPANIUS Hollister.

1837. _Lepus campestris_ Bachman, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 7:349, not of Meyer, 1790; type locality plains of
the Saskatchewan, probably near Carlton House.

1915. _Lepus townsendii campanius_ Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 28:70, March 12.

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:78, unless otherwise
noted).--Saskatchewan: Indian Head (Nelson, 1909:77). Manitoba:
Carberry (_ibid._). Ontario: Rainy River (Anderson, 1947:100).
Minnesota (Swanson, Surber and Roberts, 1945:97): Polk County; Otter
Tail County; Sherburne County: Washington County. Illinois:
Blanding, 6 mi. WNW Hanover (Hoffmeister, 1948:1). Kansas: Red Fork,
60 mi. W Fort Riley; Greensburg (Brown, 1940:387). New Mexico:
"near" Taos (V. Bailey, 1932:47); Hopewell. Colorado: Antonito; Fort
Garland; Villa Grove; Salida; Como; _Denver_; Mt. Whitely, 25 mi. N
Kremmling. Wyoming: Spring Creek; Big Piney; head Glenn Creek,
Yellowstone Nat'l Park. Alberta: Great Plains region (Anderson,
1947:99).

LEPUS TOWNSENDII TOWNSENDII Bachman.

1839. _Lepus townsendii_ Bachman, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 8(pt. 1):90, pl. 2, type from Fort Walla Walla, near
present town of Wallula, Walla Walla County, Washington.

1904. _Lepus campestris sierrae_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 17:132, July 14, type from 7800 ft., Hope Valley,
Alpine County, California. Regarded as inseparable from _L. t.
townsendii_ by Orr, Occas. Papers, California Acad. Sci., 19:42,
May 25, 1940.

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:82, unless otherwise
noted).--British Columbia: Fairview, Okanagan Valley. Idaho:
Rathdrum Prairie (Rust, 1946:322); Lemhi River; Teton Basin.
Wyoming: Hamsfork; Henrys Fork. Colorado: Hot Sulphur Springs; Mt.
Baldy; Crested Butte; Mill City. Utah: Kanab. Nevada (Hall,
1946:600): Hamilton; Desatoya Mts.; Santa Rosa Mts. California:
Parker Creek, 6300 ft., Warner Mts. Nevada (Hall, 1946:600): 8600
ft., 3 mi. S Mt. Rose; 8900 ft., Lapon Canyon, Mt. Grant; Mt.
Magruder. California (Orr, 1940:43): Tuolumne Meadows; Woodfords;
Tahoe City; 4700 ft., Steele Meadows. Oregon: Antelope. Washington:
Manson (Dalquest, 1948:382).

=Lepus californicus=

Black-tailed Jack Rabbit

Total length, 465-630; tail, 50-112; hind foot, 112-145; ear from notch (dry), 99-131. Upper parts gray to blackish; tail with black mid-dorsal stripe extending onto back; never all white in winter. On the tableland of Mexico and in the southwestern United States where this species occurs together with the white-sided jack rabbits, _L. californicus_ can be recognized by the terminal black patch on the outside of each ear and by the less extensive area of white on the flank. To the eastward, in Tamaulipas, where only the black-tailed jack rabbit occurs, it too, has extensively white flanks and some individuals lack the terminal black patch on the ear.

A certain means for distinguishing the skulls of the black-tailed jack rabbit from those of all of the white-sided jack rabbits has not yet been found. The same is true of the skulls of the white-tailed jack rabbit and the black-tailed jack rabbit in the Great Basin region of Nevada. The skulls, at least of adults, of these two species, in the region east of the Rocky Mountains can be readily distinguished by the pattern of infolding of the enamel on the front of the first upper incisor teeth; _L. townsendii_ has a simple groove on the anterior face of the tooth and _L. californicus_, east of the Rocky Mountains, has a bifurcation, or even trifurcation, of the infold that can readily be seen by examining the occlusal surface of the incisor.

In Arizona, Vorhies and Taylor (1933:478) found the weight of 23 adult males to average 5.1 (4.4-6.1) lbs. In that state, 70 pregnant females averaged 2.24 (1-6) young per litter and the authors (_op. cit._) thought that a female had three or four litters each year.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS ALTAMIRAE Nelson.

1904. _Lepus merriami altamirae_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 17:109, May 18, type from Alta Mira, Tamaulipas. Known
from type locality only.

1951. _Lepus californicus altamirae_, Hall, Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus.
Nat. Hist., 5:45, October 1, 1951.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS ASELLUS Miller.

1899. _Lepus asellus_ Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia,
p. 380, September 29, type from San Luis Potos['i], San Luis
Potos['i].

1909. _Lepus californicus asellus_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:150,
August 31.

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:151).--Coahuila: Jaral. Nuevo Leon:
Miquihuana. San Luis Potos['i]: R['i]o Verde. Aguascalientes:
Chicalote. Zacatecas: Valparaiso.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS BENNETTII Gray.

1844. _Lepus bennettii_ Gray, Zoology Voy. _Sulphur_, p. 35, pl. 14,
type from San Diego, San Diego County, California.

1909. _Lepus californicus bennetti_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:136,
August 31.

_Marginal records._--California: Mt. Pi[~n]os (Orr, 1940:73); Arroyo
Seco, Pasadena (Orr, 1940:74); San Felipe Valley (_ibid._); Jacumba
(Nelson, 1909:137), Baja California: San Quint['i]n (Nelson, 1909:137).
Northward along coast at least to California: Montalvo (Orr,
1940:73).

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS CALIFORNICUS Gray.

1837. _Lepus californica_ Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist.,
1:586, type from "St. Antoine," California (probably on coastal
slope of mts. near the Mission of San Antonio, Jolon, Monterey
County).

1926. _Lepus californicus vigilax_ Dice, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool.,
Univ. Michigan, 166:11, February 11, type from Balls Ferry, Shasta
County, California.

_Marginal records._--Oregon (Nelson, 1909:132): Drain; Grants Pass.
California (Orr, 1940:68-69): Callahan, Scott River; 3300 ft,
Lymans, NW of Lyonsville; Dry Creek, Oroville-Chico Road; Snelling;
Hernandez; Morro; _Carmel Point_; _Bolinas Bay_; _Freestone_;
_Sherwood_; _Ferndale_; 3 mi. W Arcata. Oregon: Rogue River Valley
(Nelson, 1909:132).

_Lepus californicus curti_ Hall.

1951. _Lepus californicus curti_ Hall, Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat.
Hist., 5:42, October 1, 1951, type from 88 mi. S and 10 mi. W
Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Known from type locality only.

1. _L. c. wallawalla_
2. _L. c. californicus_
3. _L. c. deserticola_
4. _L. c. richardsonii_
5. _L. c. bennettii_
6. _L. c. martirensis_
7. _L. c. xanti_
8. _L. c. sheldoni_
9. _L. c. magdalenae_
10. _L. c. eremicus_
11. _L. c. texianus_
12. _L. c. melanotis_
13. _L. c. merriami_
14. _L. c. asellus_
15. _L. c. festinus_
16. _L. c. altamirae_
17. _L. c. curti_
18. _L. insularis_ ]

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS DESERTICOLA Mearns.

1896. _Lepus texianus deserticola_ Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
18:564, June 24, type from western edge Colorado Desert, at base
of Coast Range Mts., Imperial County, California.

1909. _Lepus californicus deserticola_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna,
29:137, August 31.

1932. _Lepus californicus depressus_ Hall and Whitlow, Proc. Biol.
Soc. Washington, 45:71, April 2, type from 1/2 mi. S. Pocatello,
Bannock County, Idaho. (Regarded as inseparable from _L. c.
deserticola_ by Davis, The Recent Mammals of Idaho, p. 359, April
5, 1939.)

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:140, unless otherwise
noted).--Idaho (Davis, 1939:360): Boise River; Sawtooth Nat'l
Forest; Arco; Blackfoot. Utah: Ogden; Provo; Loa. Arizona: San
Francisco Mtn.; Fort Whipple; Phoenix; Rancho Bonito, Abra Valley
(Huey, 1942:362). Sonora: El Doctor. Baja California: Calamahue;
Esperanza Canyon. California (Orr, 1940-76): Coyote Wells;
Kenworthy; Victorville; Farrington Ranch; 5 mi. SW Lone Pine; 10,000
ft., head Silver Canyon; Mono Mills; 5600 ft., near Woodfords.
Nevada (Hall, 1946:606): Sutcliffe; 3/4 mi. S Sulphur. Idaho: 6 mi. S
Murphy (Davis, 1939:360).

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS EREMICUS J. A. Allen.

1894. _Lepus texianus eremicus_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 6:347, December 7, type from Fairbank, Cochise County,
Arizona.

1909. _Lepus californicus eremicus_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:140,
August 31.

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:141, unless otherwise
noted).--Arizona: Casa Grande; Fort Bowie; 2 mi. E Portal (Cahalane,
1939:435). Chihuahua: San Bernardino Ranch (possibly Nelson should
have placed this in Sonora); Colonia Garcia. Sonora: Hermosillo; La
Libertad (Burt, 1938:68); Agua Dulce (of Sonora, not of Arizona).

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS FESTINUS Nelson.

1904. _Lepus festinus_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 17:108,
May 18, type from Irolo, Hidalgo.

1909. _Lepus californicus festinus_ Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:151,
August 31.

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:152).--Hidalgo: Zimapan;
_Tulancingo_; type locality; Queretaro: Tequisquiapam.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS MAGDALENAE Nelson.

1907. _Lepus californicus magdalenae_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 20:81, July 22, type from Magdalena Island, Baja
California.

_Marginal records._--Baja California (Nelson, 1909:155): type
locality; Margarita Island.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS MARTIRENSIS Stowell.

1895. _Lepus martirensis_ Stowell, Proc. California Acad. Sci.,
5(ser. 2):51, May 28, type specimen from the San Pedro M['a]rtir
Mountains of Baja California.

_Marginal records._--Baja California (Nelson, 1909:154): La Huerta;
Calamahue; San Bruno; Rancho San Jos['e]; San Simon.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS MELANOTIS Mearns.

1890. _Lepus melanotis_ Mearns, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2:297,
February 21, type from Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas.

1909. _Lepus californicus melanotis_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna,
29:146, August 31.

_Marginal records._--South Dakota: Lyman Co. (Over and Churchill,
1945:48). Nebraska: Oakland (12399 KU). Kansas: near Doniphan Lake
(Linsdale, 1928:146). Missouri: Saline Co. (Enders, 1932:120); 5 mi.
E Rockbridge (Leopold and Hall, 1945:145). Arkansas: "about" 2 mi. S
Evansville (Dellinger and Black, 1940:190). Oklahoma: 3 mi. E
Wainwright (Blair, 1939:128). Texas: Brazos County (Petersen,
1946:166); Golinda (Nelson, 1909:148); Washburn (_ibid._). New
Mexico: Santa Rosa (_ibid._); vicinity of Cimarron (Hill, 1942:82).
Colorado: Semper (Nelson, 1909:148). Wyoming: 3 mi. W Meriden along
Horse Cr. (15926 KU).

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS MERRIAMI Mearns.

1896. _Lepus merriami_ Mearns, Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals
from the Mexican border of the United States, p. 2, March 25,
(Reprint: Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18:444, May 23, 1896) type from
Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas.

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:150, unless otherwise
noted).--Texas: Mason; Lott; Antioch; Houston. Tamaulipas:
Matamoros; Tamaulipeca, San Carlos Mts. (Dice, 1937:255). Nuevo
Leon: Santa Catari[~n]a. Coahuila: Monclova; Sabinas.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS RICHARDSONII Bachman.

1839. _Lepus richardsonii_ Bachman, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 8(pt. 1):88, type from California (exact locality
unknown, but probably on interior slope of mts. near Jolon,
Monterey County).

1909. _Lepus californicus richardsoni_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna,
29:133, August 31.

1904. _Lepus tularensis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
17:136, July 14, type from Alila, Tulare County, California.

_Marginal records._--California (Orr, 1940:71): Minkler; Thompson
Valley, Walker Basin; Kern Lake Basin; Carrizo Plains, 7 mi. SE
Simmler; _2 mi. E Bryson_; Jolon.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS SHELDONI Burt.

1933. _Lepus californicus sheldoni_ Burt, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 46:37, February 20, type from Carmen Island [(lat.
26[deg] N, long. 111[deg] 12' W) Gulf of Calif.], Baja California.
Known from type locality only.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS TEXIANUS Waterhouse.

1848. _Lepus texianus_ Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm., 2:136, type
locality unknown, but probably in western Texas.

1909. _Lepus californicus texianus_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:142,
August 31.

1896. _Lepus texianus griseus_ Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
18:562, June 24, type from Fort Hancock, El Paso County, Texas.

1903. _Lepus_ (_Macrotolagus_) _texianus micropus_ J. A. Allen,
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19:605, November 12, type from R['i]o
del Bocas, NW Durango.

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:146, unless otherwise
noted).--Colorado: between Grand Junction and the Utah boundary
(Cary, 1911:158). New Mexico: Roswell (Nelson, 1909:145). Texas
(Nelson, 1909:145). Colorado: Comstock. Coahuila: 8 mi. SE San Pedro
de los Colonias, 3700 ft. (40206 KU). Durango: R['i]o Sest['i]n;
R['i]o del Bocas. Chihuahua: Santa Rosalia; Pacheco; San Luis Mts.
New Mexico (Nelson, 1909:145): Guadalupe Ranch. Arizona: Painted
Desert. Utah: Abajo (Blue Mts.) (Barnes, 1927:149).

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS WALLAWALLA Merriam.

1904. _Lepus texianus wallawalla_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 17:137, July 14, type from Touchet, Plains of the
Columbia, Walla Walla County, Washington.

1909. _Lepus californicus wallawalla_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna,
29:132, August 31.

_Marginal records._--Washington: Moses Coulee (Dalquest, 1948:386);
Touchet (Nelson, 1909:133). Oregon: Ontario (Nelson, 1909:133).
Nevada (Hall, 1946:606): 4100 ft., Quinn River Crossing; 4200 ft.,
4-1/2 mi. W Flanigan. California (Orr, 1940:79): 5000 ft., 7 mi. E
Ravendale; 3600 ft., 1 mi. SE Weed; Hornbrook. Oregon (Nelson,
1909:133): Hay Creek; Willow Junction.

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS XANTI Thomas.

1898. _Lepus californicus xanti_ Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.,
1(ser. 7):45, January, type from Santa Anita, Baja California.

_Marginal records._--Baja California (Nelson, 1909:156): Southern
part of the Peninsula. Santa Clara Mts., southward around range of
_L. c. martirensis_ to and down east coast; La Paz; Cape St. Lucas;
San Jorg['e]; 20 mi. W San Ignacio.

=Lepus insularis= Bryant

Black Jack Rabbit

1891. _Lepus insularis_ Bryant, Proc. California Acad. Sci., 3(ser.
2):92, April 23, type from Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of
California, Baja California. Known from Espiritu Santo Island
only.

1895. _Lepus edwardsi_ St. Loup, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 1:5,
type from Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California, Baja
California.

Total length, 574; tail, 96; hind foot, 121; ear from notch (dry), 105. This insular species, clearly a close relative of _Lepus californicus_ of the adjacent peninsula of Baja California, is mainly glossy black on the upper parts but grizzled and suffused on sides of back and body, and in some specimens on head, with dark buffy or reddish brown; underparts dark cinnamon buffy or dusky brown; ears and sides of head grayish dusky; jugals heavier than in _Lepus californicus_ of the adjacent peninsula of Baja California.

=Lepus callotis= Wagler

White-sided Jack Rabbit

1830. _Lepus callotis_ Wagler, Nat. Syst. der Amphibien, p. 23, type
from southern end of Mexican Tableland.

1830. _Lepus mexicanus_ Lichtenstein, Abhandl. k. Akad. Wiss.,
Berlin., p. 101, type from M['e]xico (southern end of Mexican
Tableland).

1833. _Lepus nigracaudatus_ Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 41,
type from "that part of California which adjoins to Mexico"
(probably southwestern part of Mexican Tableland).

_Marginal records_ (Nelson, 1909:124).--Durango: Durango (city of).
San Luis Potos['i]: Arenal. Hidalgo: Tulancingo. Oaxaca: Oaxaca (city
of); Tlapancingo. Jalisco: Atenquiqui; Reyes.

Total length, 560; tail, 71; length of hind foot, 133; ear from notch (dry), 117. Upper parts dark, slightly pinkish, buff heavily washed with black; backs of ears mainly white without terminal patch of black; flanks white; rump iron gray.

Guide to kinds:

1. _Lepus callotis_
2. _Lepus flavigularis_
3. _Lepus gaillardi gaillardi_
4. _Lepus gaillardi battyi_
5. _Lepus alleni alleni_
6. _Lepus alleni palitans_
7. _Lepus alleni tiburonensis_ ]

=Lepus flavigularis= Wagner

Tehuantepec Jack Rabbit

1844. _Lepus callotis_ var [gamma] _flavigularis_ Wagner, Schreber's
S[:a]ugthiere, Suppl., 4:106, type from M['e]xico (probably near
Tehuantepec City, Oaxaca).

1909. _Lepus flavigularis_, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:125, August
31.

_Marginal records._--Oaxaca (Nelson, 1909:126): Santa Efigenia; San
Mateo del Mar; Huilotepec.

Total length, 595; tail, 77; hind foot, 133; ear from notch (dry), 112. Upper parts bright ochraceous buff strongly washed with black; ears entirely buff; nape with black stripe extending back from base of each ear and median stripe of buff; flanks and underparts of body white; rump iron gray; tympanic bullae smaller than in any other _Lepus_ of M['e]xico.

=Lepus gaillardi=

Gaillard Jack Rabbit

Total length, 450-536; tail, 59-80; hind foot, 124-133; ear from notch (dry), 110-112. Coloration essentially as in _Lepus callotis_ except that nape is plain buff, without a trace of black, and upper parts paler, more vinaceous buff.

LEPUS GAILLARDI BATTYI J. A. Allen.

1903. _Lepus_ (_Microtolagus_ [_sic_]) _gaillardi battyi_ J. A.
Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19:607, November 12, type from
Rancho Santuario, northwestern Durango.

_Marginal records._--Durango (Nelson, 1909:122): R['i]o Campo; type
locality.

LEPUS GAILLARDI GAILLARDI Mearns.

1896. _Lepus gaillardi_ Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18:560, June
24, type from West Fork of Playas Valley, near monument No. 63,
Mexican boundary line, Grant County, New Mexico.

_Marginal records._--New Mexico: Animas Valley (V. Bailey, 1932:53).
Chihuahua (Nelson, 1909:121): Whitewater; Colonia Juarez. New
Mexico; type locality.

=Lepus alleni=

Antelope Jack Rabbit

Total length, 553-670; tail, 48-76; hind foot, 127-150, ear from notch, in flesh, 138-173. Top and sides of head creamy buff, slightly washed on top with black; tail white except for mid-dorsal line of black extending onto rump; sides of shoulders, flanks, sides of abdomen, rump, and outside of hind legs uniform iron gray. The average weight of 61 adult males from Arizona was 8.2 lbs. In that state 124 pregnant females had an average of 1.93 young (1-5) and Vorhies and Taylor (1933:580) thought that a female had three or four litters per year.

LEPUS ALLENI ALLENI Mearns.

1890. _Lepus alleni_ Mearns, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2:294,
February 21, type from Rillito, on the Southern Pacific Railroad,
Pima County, Arizona.

_Marginal records._--Arizona: Queen Creek (Vorhies and Taylor,
1933:480); Cascabel (_ibid._); Calabasas (Nelson, 1909:118). Sonora
(Burt, 1938): Cerro Blanco (p. 67); Oputo (p. 66); Batamotal (p.
66); La Libertad Ranch (p. 67); Picu Pass (p. 67). Arizona: 2 mi. W
Quitovaquita (Huey, 1942:362); Casa Grande (Nelson, 1909:118).

LEPUS ALLENI PALITANS Bangs.

1900. _Lepus_ (_Macrotolagus_) _alleni palitans_ Bangs, Proc. New
England Zool. Club, 1:85, February 23, type from Aguacaliente,
about 40 mi. SE Mazatlan, Sinaloa.

_Marginal records._--Sonora: near San Bernardo on R['i]o Mayo on Sonora
side of Sonora-Chihuahua boundary (Burt and Hooper, 1941:7):
_Alamos_ (Nelson, 1909:119); Guirocoba (Burt, 1938:68). Nayarit:
Acaponeta (Nelson, 1909:119). Sinaloa (Nelson, 1909:119): Esquinapa;
_Rosario_; Culiac['a]n. Sonora: "near" Navajoa (Burt, 1938:68).

LEPUS ALLENI TIBURONENSIS Townsend.

1912. _Lepus alleni tiburonensis_ Townsend, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 31:120, June 14, type from Tiburon Island, Gulf of
California, Sonora. Known from Tiburon Island only.

=Lepus europaeus=

European Hare

Total length, 640-700; tail, 70-100; hind foot, 130-150; ear from notch (dry), 79-100; weight, 3000 to 5000 grams. Upper parts tawny, mixed with blackish hairs on back; underparts white including underside of tail; upper side of tail and terminal patch at distal end of outside of ears black; upper side of feet tawny like sides (not white or whitish). This is an introduced species.

LEPUS EUROPAEUS EUROPAEUS Pallas.

1778. _Lepus europaeus_ Pallas, Nov. Spec. Quadr. Glir. Ord., p. 30.
Type locality, Burgundy, France. (Introduced and established in
Ontario and parts of the northern United States; slowly spreading
in southern Ontario north of Lake Erie (St. Thomas and Woodstock),
west and north of Lake Ontario (Toronto) to Goodrich on east side
of Lake Huron. See Anderson, Canadian Field-Naturalist, 37:75-76,
April, 1923; Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull., 102:100, January
24, 1947; Burt, Mammals of Michigan, p. 247, 1946.)

LEPUS EUROPAEUS HYBRIDUS Desmarest.

1822. _Lepus hybridus_ Desmarest, Encyclopedie methodique (Zoologie)
Mammalogie, pt. 1, p. 349 (Name based on "Russac" of Pallas, Nov.
Spec. Quadr. Glir. Ord., p. 5, 1778), type locality central
Russia.

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_Range._--Introduced and established in New York and Connecticut
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53:159-162, 1935).

FIG. 49. _Lepus americanus tahoensis_, 1/2 mi. S Tahoe Tavern, Lake
Tahoe, Placer County, California. No. 37522 MVZ, [MALE].

FIG. 50. _Lepus alleni alleni_, Santa Rita Mountains, 30 mi. S
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. No. 8621 KU, [MALE].

FIG. 51. _Lepus arcticus groenlandicus_, Cape Alexander, Greenland.
No. 114850 USNM, [MALE].

FIG. 52. _Lepus townsendii townsendii_, north end Ruby Valley, east
base Ruby Mountains, Elko County, Nevada. No. 4686, coll. of Ralph
Ellis, [FEMALE].

FIG. 53. _Lepus callotis_, 3-1/2 mi. S Tecolotl['a]n, Jalisco. No.
31842 KU, [FEMALE].

FIG. 54. _Lepus californicus deserticola_, 4 mi. W Fallon, Churchill
County, Nevada. No. 900061 MVZ, [MALE].

FIG. 55. _Lepus americanus tahoensis_.

FIG. 56. _Lepus alleni alleni_.

FIG. 57. _Lepus arcticus groenlandicus_.

FIG. 58. _Lepus townsendii townsendii_.

FIG. 59. _Lepus callotis_.

FIG. 60. _Lepus californicus deserticola_.

FIG. 61. _Lepus alleni alleni_.

FIG. 62. _Lepus americanus tahoensis_.

FIGS. 63-64. _Lepus arcticus groenlandicus_.

FIG. 65. _Lepus townsendii townsendii_.

FIG. 66. _Lepus callotis_.

FIGS. 67-68. _Lepus californicus deserticola_.

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

Changes that have been made to the text (typos or inconsistent spellings) are as follows:

Changed "are are" to "as are" (such of their diseases as are transmissible to him)

Changed "Inglesmaldie" to "Inglismaldie" (Mount Inglismaldie, near Banff, Alberta).

Changed "Carribean" to "Caribbean" (Sipurio, R['i]o Sixaola, near Caribbean Coast).

Changed "Quintin" to "Quint['i]n" (Baja California (Huey, 1940): San Quint['i]n)