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*Lepus campestris townsendii (Bachman). 



1839. Lepus townsendii Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 8, pt. 1, p. 90, pi. 2. 



1909. Lepus campestris townsendi Nelson, North Amer. Fauna 

 No. 29, p. 78. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Fort Walla Walla, Washington. 



Range. — Great Basin region, including east slopes of Cascade 

 Range, and thence east to Rocky Mountains, occupying east- 

 ern Washington and Oregon, and north to Fairview, in Okan- 

 ogan Valley, British Columbia; and from the northeastern 

 corner of California easterly through northern Nevada, western 

 and southern Idaho, extreme southwestern Wyoming, most of 

 Utah, and Colorado from western border to summit of Rocky 

 Mountains. Vertical range from about 1,000 feet in eastern 

 Washington to 12,000 feet in Colorado; zonal range mainly 

 upper Sonoran and transition, but reaches up to Hudsonian in 

 the mountains of Colorado. 



t*Lepus campestris sierrae Merriam. 



1904. Lepus campestris sierrse Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 17, p. 132. July 14, 1904. 

 Type Locality. — Hope Valley, Alpine County, California. 

 Range. — In summer, high slopes of Sierra Nevada of Califor- 

 nia, probably from Mount Shasta south to Mount Whitney; in 

 winter, ranging down the east slope to Mono Lake region on 

 the sagebrush plains of eastern California. Vertical range in 

 summer from about 9,000 to over 12,000 feet; zonal range, 

 boreal. 



*Lepus americanus americanus Erxleben. 



1777. [Lepus] americanus Erxleben, Syst. Regni Anim., vol. 1, 

 p. 330. 



1885. Lepus americanus americanus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 7 (1884), p. 601. 1885. 



Type Locality. — Vicinity of Hudson Bay, Canada. 



Range. — Region about southern end of Hudson Bay, including 

 southern Keewatin; southeastern Mackenzie; most of Sas- 

 katchewan; Manitoba; east through northern Ontario (includ- 

 ing Isle Royale and Michipicoten Island, Lake Superior); 

 northern Quebec; all of Ungava except extreme northern 

 part; Labrador; south in the United States in all of Michigan 

 north of Saginaw (except western half of northern peninsula), 

 and west in an isolated colony on the Bighorn Mountains, 

 Wyoming. Vertical range, from sea level at Pludson Bay to 

 about 2,000 feet near Lake Superior and 10,000 feet in the 

 Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming; zonal range, mainly Cana- 

 dian. 



