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1884. Lepus americanus washingtoni True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., 

 Circ. 29) , p. 601, Nov. 29, 1884. 



Type Locality. — Steilacoom, Puget Sound, Pierce County, Wash. Range. — 

 Western slope of Cascade Mountains in British Columbia, Washington, and 

 Oregon; south at least to Rogue River, Oreg. (V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna 

 No. 55 (June), p. 96, Aug. 29, 1936) ; humid subdivision of Transition Zone in 

 western Washington and east in lower Columbia River Valley to White Salmon 

 (Dalquest, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, p. 384, Apr. 9, 1948) ; 

 and north to Fraser River (Chilliwack, Cultus Lake, Douglas, Huntingdon, Hast- 

 ings, Point Grey) , British Columbia (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 

 (1946), p. 103, Jan. 24, 1947) ; vertical range, from about sea level to 3,500 

 feet on west slope of Cascades; zonal range, mainly Transition and Canadian. 



Lepus americanus oregonus Orr* 



1934. Lepus bairdii oregonus Orr, Journ. Mamra., vol. 15, No. 2, p. 15, May 

 15, 1934. 



1942. Lepus americanus oregonus Dalquest, Journ. Mamra., vol. 23, No. 2, p. 

 179, May 14, 1942. 



Type Locality. — Twelve miles south of Canyon City, Grant County, Oreg. 

 Altitude, 5,500 feet. Range. — Eastern Oregon, from Wallowa County south- 

 ward to Harney County; bounded on north by range of pineus, on east by Snake 

 River and range of bairdii, and on west and south by desert regions (Dalquest, 

 Journ. Mamra, vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 179, 180, May 14, 1942) . 



Lepus americanus klamaihensis Merriamf* 



1899. Lepus klamathensis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna No. 16, p. 100, Oct. 

 28, 1899. 



1936. Lepus americanus klamathensis V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 55 

 (June) , p. 95, Aug. 29, 1936. 



Type Locality. — Head of Wood River, near Fort Klamath, Klamath County, 

 Oreg. Range. — Cascade Mountains from Mount Hood, Oreg. (V. Bailey, loc. 

 cit.), south to higher mountains of extreme northern California; from Trinity 

 County north and also east, to and including Warner Mountains of Modoc 

 County, Calif. (Orr. Occ. Pap. California Acad. Sci., No. 19, p. 50, May 25, 

 1940) ; in Oregon bounded on west by range of washingtonii and on east by 

 Upper Sonoran Zone desert; vertical range, from 3,000 to 5,000 feet; zonal 

 range, Canadian, occasionally high Transition and low Hudsonian. 



Lepus americanus tahoensis Orr* 



1933. Lepus washingtonii tahoensis Orr, Journ. Mamm., vol. 14, No. 1, p. 54, 

 Feb. 14, 1933. 



1942. [Lepus americanus] tahoensis Dalquest, Journ. Mamm., vol. 23, No. 2, 

 p. 176, May 14, 1942. 



Type Locality. — One-half mile south of Tahoe Tavern, Placer County, Calif. 

 Range. — Along Sierra Nevada of California from region of Mount Lassen, south, 

 at least to Niagara Creek, Tuolumne County; vertical range, from 4,800 to 

 7,000 feet; zonal range, mainly Canadian (Orr, Occ. Pap. California Acad. Sci., 

 No. 19, p. 53, May 25, 1940) . 



