344 LEPUS. 



Genl. Char. Like L. f. chapmani; "fur shorter, grizzle of head 

 and anterior portion of body much less coarse, owing to the reduced 

 length of the pale ring on each hair." 



Color. Above finely grizzled with black and cream buff; sides 

 and rump paler; head and ears clear yellowish gray; nape patch 

 rufous; under parts, tail and feet like L. f. chapmani, but with rufous 

 tints duller. 



Measurements. Total length, 420; tail vertebrae, 68; hind foot, 

 91; ear, 90. (Skin.) From fresh specimen. Total length, 416; tail 

 vertebrae, 68; hind foot, 87; ear, 76. 



h. Lepus floridanus canicluiiis Miller. 



Leptis floridanus caniclunis Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1899, p. 388. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1 90 1, p. 283. Zool. Ser. 



HOARY-RUMPED COTTON-TAIL. 



Type locality. Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas. 

 Geogr. Distr. Southwestern Texas. Range unknown. 



i. Lepu8 floridanus aztecus (Allen). 



Lepus sylvaticus aztecus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 



1890, p. 188. 

 Lepus floridanus aztecus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 418. Zool. Ser. 

 Tehuantepec Cotton-tail. 



Type locality. City of Tehuantepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



j. Lepus floridanus chiapensis Nelson. 



Lepus floridanus chiapensis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvii, 

 1904, p. 106. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, Append., p. 744. Zool. Ser. 

 Chiapas Cotton-tail. 



Type locality. San Cristobal, State of Chiapas, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Interior of the State of Chiapas and Guatemala, 



from 2,500 to 10,000 feet altitude. 



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k. Lepus floridanus suhcinctus Miller. 



Lepus floridanus suhcinctus Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1899, p. 386. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 417, fig. 80. Zool. Ser. 

 MicHOACAN Cotton-tail. 



Type locality. Hacienda El Molino, near Negrete, State of Mich- 

 oacan, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Michoacan, Mexico. Range unknown. 



