LAGOMORPHA: LEPORIDAE 157 



Lepus californicus eremicus J. A. Allen* 



1894. Lepus texianus eremicus J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, 

 p. 347, Dec. 7, 1894. 



1909. Lepus californicus eremicus Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 140, 

 Aug. 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Fairbank, Cochise County, Ariz. Range. — Southern Arizona 

 from Casa Grande, Pinal County (Nelson, op. cit., p. 141), east into San Simon 

 Valley, Cochise County (Cahalane, Journ. Mamm., vol. 20, No. 4, p. 435, Nov. 

 14, 1939), west to Agua Dulce, Pima County (Nelson, op. cit., p. 141), and south 

 to Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico (Burt, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 

 39, p. 68, Feb. 15, 1938). 



Lepus californicus texianus Waterhouse* 



1848. Lepus texianus Waterhouse, A natural history of the Mammalia, vol. 2, 



p. 136. 

 1896. Lepus texianus griseus Mearnsf, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, p. 562, 



June 24, 1896. (Fort Hancock, Hudspeth County, Tex.) 

 1903. Lepus texianus micropus J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 19, p. 605, Nov. 12, 1903. (Rio de las Bocas, northwest Durango, Mexico.) 

 1909. Lepus californicus texianus Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 142, 



Aug. 31, 1909. 

 1942. [Macrotolagus] texianus Shamel, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 55, 



p. 25, May 12, 1942. 

 Type Locality. — Unknown, but probably in western Texas. Range. — Northern 

 Durango, Mexico, north through Chihuahua, arid western Texas (except northern 

 Panhandle), New Mexico west of and including lower part of Pecos River Val- 

 ley (V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 53 (December 1931), p. 48, Mar. 1, 

 1932), northeastern Arizona (valley of Little Colorado River) , southeastern Utah 

 (Durrant, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, p. 80, Aug. 10, 1952), and 

 southwestern Colorado; vertical range, from about 1,500 feet above Del Rio, Tex., 

 to 7,500 feet on mountains of New Mexico ; zonal range, mainly Upper Sonoran, 

 but extending down into Lower Sonoran and up in summer into lower border 

 of Transition (Nelson, loc. cit.). 



Lepus californicus melanotis Mearns* 



1884. Lepus callotis texianus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 



29), p. 601, Nov. 29, 1884. (Part.) 

 1890. Lepus melanotis Mearns, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, p. 297, 



Feb. 21, 1890. 

 1909. Lepus californicus melanotis Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 146, 



Aug. 31, 1909. 

 1942. [Macrotolagus] melanotis Shamel, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 55, 



p. 25, May 12, 1942. 

 Type Locality. — Independence, Montgomery County, Kan. Range. — Great 

 Plains from east central and northern Texas, northern part of Pecos River Valley 

 and northeastern New Mexico (V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 53 (Decem- 

 ber 1931), p. 52, Mar. 1, 1932) northward through Oklahoma, extreme south- 

 western Missouri, all of Kansas and Nebraska, except perhaps extreme eastern 



