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south to Panamint Mountains of Inyo County (Orr, Occ. Pap. California Acad. 

 Sci. No. 19, p. 101, May 25, 1940). 



Sylvilagus audubonii audubonii (Baird)f* 



1858. Lepus audubonii Baird, Mammals, in Rep. Expl. Surv. Railr. to Pacific, 



vol. 8, pt. 1 (Washington, 1857), p. 608, July 14, 1858. 

 1884. Lepus sylvaticus auduboni True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., 



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

 1909. Sylvilagus auduboni Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 214, Aug. 31, 



1909. 

 Type Locality. — San Francisco, San Francisco County, Calif. Range. — From 

 Tehama County at northern end of Sacramento Valley, south to northeastern Mer- 

 ced County in northern San Joaquin Valley, also including lower Salinas Valley 

 in northern Monterey County; mainly inland in distribution, reaching coast 

 only in vicinity of San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay; zonal range, Lower 

 and Upper Sonoran; vertical range, from sea level to approximately 1,500 feet 

 (Orr, Occ. Pap. California Acad. Sci. No. 19, pp. 98-99, May 25, 1940). 



Sylvilagus audubonii vallicola Nelsonf* 



1907. Sylvilagus auduboni vallicola Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 20, p. 82, July 22, 1907. 



Type Locality. — San Emigdio ranch (25 miles southwest of Bakersfield), Kern 

 County, Calif. Range. — From central Monterey County south through upper 

 Salinas Valley to Cuyama Valley; inland, inhabiting southern half of San 

 Joaquin Valley from southwestern Merced County to Tehachapi and San Emigdio 

 Ranges; zonal range, mostly Lower Sonoran, extending locally into Upper 

 Sonoran; vertical range, from near sea level up to approximately 4,000 feet 

 (Orr, Occ. Pap. California Acad. Sci. No. 19, p. 116, May 25, 1940). 



Sylvilagus audubonii sanctidiegi (Miller) f* 



1899. Lepus floridanus sanctidiegi Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 vol. 51, p. 389, Oct. 5, 1899. 



1909. Sylvilagus auduboni sanctidiegi Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, 

 p. 218, Aug. 31, 1909, 



Type Locality. — Mexican boundary monument No. 258, shore of Pacific Ocean, 

 San Diego County, Calif. Range. — Coastal southern California, west of crests 

 of coast ranges, from Ventura County south to Baja California (Orr, Occ. Pap. 

 California Acad. Sci. No. 19, p. 119, May 25, 1940) ; and Baja California from 

 coast to western base of Laguna Hanson and San Pedro Martir mountains and 

 from northern boundary south to El Rosario River; vertical range, from sea 

 level at San Diego up to over 4,000 feet on mountains to the east; zonal range, 

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



Sylvilagus audubonii confinis (J. A. Allen) * 



1898. Lepus arizonae confinis J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 10, 



p. 146, Apr. 12, 1898. 

 1909. Sylvilagus auduboni confinis Nelson, North Amer. Fauna No. 29, p. 220, 



Aug. 31, 1909. 

 Type Locality. — Playa Maria, Baja California, Mexico. Range. — Baja Cali- 

 fornia from Rosario River on west coast and Santa Rosalia on east side south to 



