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Lepus americanus dalli Merriamf * 



1900. Lepus americanus dalli Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 2, 

 p. 29, Mar. 14, 1900. 



Type Locality. — Nulato River, Alaska. Range. — Wooded parts of western 

 Alaska from below Fort Yukon to coast of Bering Sea at mouth of Yukon, and 

 from Bristol Bay north to tree limit; vertical range, from near sea level on lower 

 Yukon up to about 2,000 feet on adjacent mountains; zonal range, mainly Hud- 

 sonian. 



Lepus americanus pallidus Cowan* 



1938. Lepus americanus pallidus Cowan, Journ. Mamm., vol. 19, No. 2, p. 242, 

 May 12, 1938. 



Type Locality. — Chezacut Lake, Chilcotin River, British Columbia, Canada. 

 Range. — Central British Columbia from Indianpoint region north to Hazelton, 

 and from Coast Range east to Rocky Mountains (Mount Robson) ; northeastern 

 extent of range unknown (Dalquest Journ. Mamm., vol. 23, No. 2, p. 182, May 14, 

 1942) . 



Lepus americanus cascadensis Nelson* 



1907. Lepus bairdi cascadensis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 20, 

 p. 87, Dec. 11, 1907. 



1936. Lepus americanus cascadensis Racey and Cowan, Prov. British Colum- 

 bia, Rep. Prov. Mus. Nat. Hist, for 1935, p. h18, 1936. 



Type Locality. — Roab's ranch, near Hope, British Columbia, Canada. 

 Range. — Cascade Mountains of Washington and British Columbia, from Mount 

 Adams, Washington, on the south, to Jervis Inlet, British Columbia, on the 

 north; bordered on west, south of Fraser River, by range of washingtoni, on 

 north by range of pallidus, and on east by range of columbiensis and eastern 

 Washington desert (Dalquest, Journ. Mamm., vol. 23, No. 2, p. 176, May 14, 

 1942) . 



Lepus americanus columbiensis Rhoads* 



1895. Lepus americanus columbiensis Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, vol. 47, p. 242, July 2, 1895. 



Type Locality. — Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Range. — From timbered 

 areas north of Columbia River, east of Okanogan River and west of Kettle River 

 Range (Dalquest, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, p. 385, Apr. 9, 

 1948) northward to Indianpoint Lake, British Columbia; and from Okanagan 

 Valley (Okanagan Landing; Incaneep Creek, head; Vaseaux Lake) east to Jas- 

 per and Banff National Parks, Alberta; intergrading with americanus in eastern 

 foothills of Rocky Mountains (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 (1946), 

 p. 101, Jan. 24, 1947) . 



Lepus americanus washingtonii Bairdf * 



1855. Lepus washingtonii Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 7, 



( 1854-55) , p. 333, April 1855. 

 1875. [Lepus americanus] var. washingtoni J. A. Allen, Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 18, p. 434. 



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