LEPUS. 543 



Family XII. 



Genus in. Lepus. 

 Subgenus F. Macrotolagus. 



881a. -' Lt>i>,iK frd/otix flnri githtris Wagner. 



Lepns callotis var. flavigularis Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., 



iv, 1844, p. 107. 

 YELLOW-THROATED JACK RABBIT. 



Type locality. San Mateo del Mar, Tehuantepec. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. callotis, gray of the rump pale, and 

 very sharply denned from the black and yellow of the dorsal tract ; 

 throat patch greatly elongated, much more extensive than that of 

 L. callotis, and a pale straw yellow; fore and hind legs iron gray. 



Measurements. Total length, 525; tail vertebrae, 70; hind foot, 

 135; ear, 122. 



*A fairly marked subspecies. 



