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Lepus californicus merriami — Continued. 



Range. — All of southern Texas from coast prairies near Trinity 

 River west to a little above Del Rio on the Rio Grande, north 

 to Mason and Antioch, and south across the Rio Grande 

 through northern parts of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and 

 Coahuila, Mexico. Vertical range from sea level, southern 

 Texas up to about 5,000 feet in mountains of Coahuila, Mexico; 

 zonal range mainly lower Sonoran and into lower border of 

 upper Sonoran in Coahuila, Mexico. 



t*Lepus californicus asellus (Miller). 



1899. Lepus asellus Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelpliia, 

 p. 380. October 5, 1899. 



1909. Lepus californicus asellus Nelson, North Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 29, p. 150. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — San Luis Potosi, State of San Luis Potosi, Mex- 

 ico. 



Range. — Central eastern part of Mexican Table-land from 

 southern Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and extreme western Tamauli- 

 pas southwest through San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, and Aguas 

 Calientes to northeastern Jalisco. Vertical range from about 

 3,500 to 7,500 feet altitude in San Luis Potosi; zonal range, 

 upper and lower Sonoran zones. 



t*Lepus californicus festinus (Nelson). 



1904. Lepus festinus Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 17, p. 108. May 18, 1904. 



1909. Lepus calif ornicus festinus Nelson, North. Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 29, p. 151. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Irolo, Hidalgo, Mexico. 



Range. — Southeastern part of Mexican Table-land in States of 

 Tlaxcala, northern Puebla, Hidalgo, northern part of State 

 of Mexico, Queretaro, Guanajuato, and probably north- 

 eastern Jalisco. Vertical range from about 6,000 to 8,500 

 feet in Hidulgo; zonal range mainly upper Sonoran, extend- 

 ing into upper border of lower Sonoran zone. 



*Lepus californicus martirensis (Stowell). 



1895. Lepus martirensis Stowell, Proc. California Acad. Sci., 



ser. 2, vol. 5, p. 51. May 28, 1895. 

 1909. Lepus californicus martirensis Nelson, North Amer. 



Fauna, No. 29, p. 152. August 31, 1909. 

 Type Locality.— San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California, 

 Mexico. 



