430 



LEPUS. 



FIG. 82. LEPUS (MicROiAous) CINERASCENS. 

 No. 60886 U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Nat size. 



446. peninsularis (Lepus}, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1898, 



p. 144. 

 LOWER CALIFORNIA HARE. 



Type locality. Santa Anita, Lower California, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Cape Region of Lower California, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. cincrascens, but paler. 



Color. Upper parts pale grayish brown and black, darkest on 

 dorsal region ; sides grayer and paler ; under parts and hind feet white ; 

 fore feet brownish white. 



Measurements. Total length, 324; tail vertebrae, 20; hind foot, 

 73; ear, 61. Skull: total length, 61.5; basal length, 52; greatest 

 zygomatic breadth, 30; width of postorbital constriction, 9.5; length 

 of nasals, 26; posterior width of nasals, n; length of upper molar 

 series, 11.5; length of lower jaw, 43; height at condyle, 25. 



