NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAMMALS. 353 



*Lepus californicus californicus Gray. 



1837. Lepus californica Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 1, p. 586. 



1885. Leyus californicus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7, 

 (1884), p. 601. 1885. 



Type Locality. — "St. Aiitoine" (Monterey County?), Cali- 

 fornia. 



Range, — Humid coast belt of California from Gaviota Pass 

 north to Cape Mendocino, spreading inland over extreme 

 northern end of San Joaquin Valley, all of Sacramento Valley, 

 up tlu-ough the adjacent foothills of the Sierra, and north 

 through Shasta Valley to Rogue River and Willamette Valley 

 in Oregon. Vertical range from sea level at San Francisco 

 up to about 3,000 feet altitude on west slope of the Sierra; 

 zonal range, mainly upper Sonoran and lower border of the 

 transition zone. 



•'•*Lepus californicus walla walla (Merriam). 



1904. Lepus texianus wallawalla Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 17, p. 137. July 14, 1904. 



1909. Lepus californicus wallawalla Nelson, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 29, p. 132. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Touchet, Plains of the Columbia, Washington. 



Range. — Northeastern Cahfornia, northwestern Nevada, and 

 north through eastern Oregon and eastern Washington. Ver- 

 tical range, from about 1,000 feet in eastern Washington to 

 6,000 feet in northeastern California; zonal range, mainly 

 upper Sonoran extending into lower part of transition zone. 



*Lepus californicus richardsonii (Bachman). 



1839. Lepus richardsonii Bachman, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, vol. 8, pt. 1, p. 88. 1839. 

 tl904. Lepus tularensis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 17, p. 136. July 14, 1904. (Alila, Tulare County, Cali- 

 fornia.) 



1909. Lepus californicus richardsoni Nelson, North American 

 Fauna, No. 29, p. 133. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Cahfornia (exact locality unknown, but prob- 

 ably from near Jolon, ]\Ionterey County, near type locality of 

 californicus). 



Range. — San Joaquin Valley, Cahfornia, and adjacent arid val- 

 leys to the west and surrounding footliills. Vertical range, 

 from below 500 feet in Salinas Valley up to 4,000 feet in 

 mountains about San Joaquin Valley; zonal range, mainly 

 lower Sonoran, extending up through upper Sonoran. 



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