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-j-*Lepus bairdii bairdii Hayden. 



1869. Lepus hairdii Hayden, Amer. Nat., vol. 3, p. 115. May, 

 1869. 



1885. Lepus americanus hairdii Trxje, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

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



1909. Lepus hairdi Nelson, North Amer. Fauna, No. 29, p. 109. 

 August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Columbia Valley, Wind River Mountains, 

 Fremont County, Wyoming. 



Range. — Higher parts of Rocky Mountains from Idaho, Mon- 

 tana, and extreme eastern Washington and Oregon southeast 

 through western Wyoming, eastern Utah., and middle Colorado 

 to central New Mexico; also probably extreme southern 

 Alberta and extreme southeastern British Columbia, though 

 no specimens have been seen from these areas. Vertical range 

 from about 8,000 to 11,000 feet (timber line) in northern New 

 Mexico and Colorado ; zonal range, Canadian and Hudsonian. 



*Lepus bairdii cascadensis Nelson. 



1907. Lepus hairdi cascadensis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 20, p. 87. December 11, 1907. 



Type Locality. — Roab's ranch, near Hope, British Columbia, 

 Canada. 



Range. — Cascade Mountains near extreme southern border of 

 British Columbia from Hope, on Fraser River, south along 

 east side of mountains at least to Martin and Easton, Wash- 

 ington, Vertical range undetermined; zonal range probably 

 Canadian and Hudsonian. 



*Lepus europaeus europaeus Pallas. (European Hare.) 



1778. Lepus europaeus Pallas, Nov. Spec. Quadr. Glir. Ord., p. 30. 

 Type Locality. — Burgundy, France. (Introduced and estab- 

 lished in Ontario and the northeastern United States. See 

 Anderson, Canadian Field-Naturalist, vol. 37, pp. 75-76. 

 April, 1923.) 



Subgenus BOREOLEPUS Barrett-Hamilton. 



1911. Boreolepus Barrett -Hamilton, Hist. Brit. Mamm., vol. 2, 

 p. 160. November 17, 1911. Type, Lepus gra^nlandicus 

 Rhoads. 



*Lepus groenlandicus Rhoads. 



1890. Lejms granlandicus Rhoads, Amer. Nat., vol. 30, p. 236. 



March, 1896. 

 Type Locality. — Robertson Bay, northwestern Greenland. 

 Range. — North Avestern coasts of northern Greenland and Elles- 



mere Land. Vertical range from sea level to an undetermined 



altitude; zonal range, Arctic. 



