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parts, southwestern South Dakota, southeastern Wyoming, and all of Colorado 

 east of Rocky Mountains; vertical range, from less than 1,000 feet near Inde- 

 pendence, Kansas, to over 6,000 feet on east base oi mountains in Colorado; 

 zonal range, mainly Upper Sonoran (Nelson, loc. cit.). 



Lepus calif ornicus merriami Mearnsf* 



1896. Lepus merriami Mearns, Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from 

 the Mexican border of the United States, p. 2, Mar. 25, 1896. (Preprint of 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, p. 444, May 23, 1896.) 

 1909. Lepus calif ornicus merriami Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 148, 



Aug. 31, 1909. 

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



p. 25, May 12, 1942. 

 Type Locality. — Fort Clark, Kinney County, Tex. Range. — All of southern 

 Texas from coast prairies near Trinity River west to a little above Del Rio on 

 Rio Grande, north to Mason and Antioch, and south across Rio Grande through 

 northern parts of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila, Mexico; vertical range, 

 from sea level in southern Texas up to about 5,000 feet in mountains of Coahuila ; 

 zonal range, mainly Lower Sonoran and into lower border of Upper Sonoran 

 in Coahuila (Nelson, loc. cit.). 



Lepus calif ornicus curti Hall* 



1951. Lepus californicus curd Hall, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, 

 No. 4, p. 42, Oct. 1, 1951. 



Type Locality. — Island, 88 miles south and 10 miles west of Matamoros, 

 Tamaulipas, Mexico. Range. — Islands along coast of Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



Lepus californicus altamirae Nelsonf * 



1904. Lepus merriami altamirae Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 17, 



p. 109, May 18, 1904. 

 1909. Lepus altamirae Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 124, Aug. 31, 



1909. 

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



p. 25, May 12, 1942. 

 1951. Lepus californicus altamirae Hall, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 5, No. 4, p. 46, Oct. 1, 1951. 

 Type Locality. — Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Range. — Coastal plains of 

 southern Tamaulipas, extreme northern Veracruz, and eastern border of San Luis 

 Potosi, Mexico; vertical range, from sea level to at least 500 feet in Tamaulipas; 

 zonal range, Arid Tropical (Nelson, loc. cit.) . 



Lepus californicus asellus Millerf * 



1899. Lepus asellus Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 51, p. 380, 



Sept. 29, 1899. 

 1909. Lepus californicus asellus Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 39, p. 150, 



Aug. 31, 1909. 

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



p. 25, May 12, 1942. 

 Type Locality. — San Luis Potosi, State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Range. — 

 Central eastern part of Mexican tableland from southern Coahuila, Nuevo 

 Leon, and extreme western Tamaulipas southwest through San Luis Potosi, 



