LEPUS. 4-_M 



436. arizonae (Lcpns), Allen, Mon. N. Am. Rod., 1877, p. 332. 



Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 285. 

 ARIZONA HARE. 



Type locality. Beale's Springs, fifty miles west of Fort Whipple, 

 Yavapai County, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. Lower California and State of Sonora, Mexico, 

 north to Deserts of Arizona, and the Chiricahua and Huachuca 

 Mountains, (but not to the White Mountains,) up to 8,500 feet. 



Genl. Char. Smaller than L. niittalli, but similar; ears much 

 longer and broader. 



Color. Above pale yellowish gray, mixed sparingly with black; 

 nape yellowish fulvous; sides pale gray, mixed sometimes with pale 

 brown; chin white; pectoral band yellowish; rest of under parts 

 white; feet pale yellowish brown; tail above darker than back, yellow 

 brown, beneath white; ears pale grayish brown, outer edge whitish. 

 Winter specimens are heavily lined with black above and on sides. 



Measurements. Total length, 340-383; tail vertebrae, 35-54; 

 hind foot, 76-94; ear, 69-78. Skull: total length, 65; greatest width, 

 35; interorbital constriction, 17; length of nasals, 28; upper molar 

 series, 12; length of lower jaw, 46. 



a. major (Lcpus), Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, p. 557. 



Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 286. 

 GREATER DESERT HARE. 



Type locality. Calabasas, Pima County, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. Poso de Luis, State of Sonora, to the basin of the 

 Mimbres, State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and northward to Colorado 

 Plateau of Arizona. 



Genl. Char. "Similar to L. arizona, but larger, more reddish and 

 darker." 



Color. Above grayish drab, tinged with cinnamon, lined with 

 black; sides paler; rump iron gray; nape and outer surface of limbs 

 dull cinnamon; ears pale grayish on inner side, drab mixed with gray 

 and black on outer side, tips black; pectoral band clay color; rest of 

 under parts white. 



Measurements. Total length to end of hairs of tail, 430; tail ver- 

 tebrae, 42; hind foot, 92; ear from notch, 69 (skin.) 



b. minor (Lepus), Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, p. 557. 



Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 286. 

 LESSER DESERT HARE. 



Type locality. El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Chihuahua, Mexico. "Plains of Colorado, 

 southward to the Rio Grande, and westward to the elevated central 



