LEPUS. 043 



Family Xll. lieporidfe. 



Genus iii. Lepiis. 

 Subgenus F. Macrotolagus. 



881a. *Lepjis eallotis fl(tvi^i(Uiris Wagner. 



Lepus eallotis var. flavignlaris 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. eallotis, gray of the rump pale, and 

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

 throat patch greatly elongated, much more extensive than that of 

 L. eallotis, 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. 



