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Lepus othus othus Merriamf * 



1900. Lepus othus Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 2, p. 28, 



Mar. 14, 1900. 

 1936. Lepus othus othus A. H. Howell, Journ. Mamm., vol. 17, No. 4, p. 332, 



Nov. 16, 1936. 

 Type Locality. — St. Michael, Norton Sound, Alaska. Range. — Tundras of 

 northern and northwestern Alaska, exclusive of the Peninsula and Bristol Bay 

 section; south to Kuskokwim River region; east to upper Colville River and 

 possibly farther (A. H. Howell, op. cit, p. 333) . 



Lepus othus poadromus Merriamf* 



1900. Lepus poadromus Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 2, p. 29, 



Mar. 14, 1900. 

 1936. Lepus othus poadromus A. H. Howell, Journ. Mamm., vol. 17, No. 4, 



p. 334, Nov. 16, 1936. 

 Type Locality. — Stepovak Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska. Range. — Alaska 

 Peninsula and Bristol Bay district of Alaska (A. H. Howell, loc. cit.). 



Lepus townsendii townsendii Bachman* (white-tailed jackrabbit) 



1839. Lepus townsendii Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 8, 

 pt. 1, p. 90, pi. 2. 



1904. Lepus campestris sierrae Merriam, f Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 28, 

 p. 70, Mar. 12, 1915. (Hope Valley, Alpine County, Calif.; altitude, 7,800 

 feet. Regarded as identical with townsendii by Orr., Occ. Pap. California 

 Acad. Sci. No. 19, p. 42, May 25, 1940.) 



1904. Lepus campestris townsendi Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 17, p. 132, May 14, 1904. 



1915. Lepus townsendii townsendii Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 28, p. 70, Mar. 12, 1915. 



Type Locality. — Fort Walla Walla, near present town of Wallula, Walla Walla 

 County, Wash. Range. — Great Basin region, including eastern slopes of Cascade 

 Range, and thence eastward to Rocky Mountains; formerly on grasslands of 

 eastern Washington, but now restricted or scarce except in Okanogan Valley 

 (Dalquest, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, p. 380, Apr. 9, 1948) ; 

 north into Okanagan Valley (Oliver, Osoyoos, north to Fairview), British Co- 

 lumbia (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 (1946), p. 99, Jan. 24, 1947) ; 

 south in open country of Oregon east of Cascades (V. Bailey, North Amer. 

 Fauna No. 55 (June), p. 97, Aug. 29, 1936) to higher parts of northeastern 

 Great Basin area of California, south along crests and eastern slopes of Sierra 

 Nevada to Mount Whitney region in Tulare and Inyo Counties, and in winter 

 descending to a lower level on eastern side of Sierra Nevada (Orr, op. cit., p. 38) ; 

 eastern slope of Sierra Nevada and northern Nevada (Hall, Mammals of Nevada, 

 p. 598, July 1, 1946) ; east through southern half of Idaho (Davis, The recent 

 mammals of Idaho, p. 354, Apr. 5, 1939) ; and most of Utah to extreme south- 

 western Wyoming and summit of Rocky Mountains in Colorado (Warren, The 

 mammals of Colorado, . . . , p. 256, 1942). Vertical range, from about 1,000 

 feet in eastern Washington to 12,000 feet in Colorado; zonal range, mainly 

 Upper Sonoran and Transition, but extends up to Hudsonian in mountains of 

 Colorado. 



