176 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



Family Erethizontid^. Porcupines. 



44. Erethizon epixanthum Brandt. Yellow-haired Porcupine. 



Found in rough canyons of western Kansas; not common. 



Family Leporidje. Hares. 



'45. Lepus campestris Bach. White-tailed Jack-rabbit. 



Found over the northern half of the state, but is not abundant. 



46. Lepus floridanus mearnsi Allen. Mearns's Hare. 



Abundant in northeastern Kansas. Its range southward not fully known. 



47. Lepus floridanus alacer Bangs. 



Abundant in southeastern Kansas. The question as to whether this form 

 is distinct from the eastern cottontail, Lepus floridanus mallurus 

 Thomas is not fully determined. 



48. Lepus arizona3 minor Mearns. Prairie-dog Hare. 



This pale form of the cottontail is common in the western part of the 

 state. 



49. Lepus melanotis Mearns. Black-eared Jack-rabbit. 



Abundant in the state. Type from Indpendence, Kan. 



50. Lepus texianus Waterh. Texas Jack-rabbit. 



This form, if distinct from the last named, is found in southwestern Kansas. 



Order lY. — CARNIVORA. Flesh-eaters. 

 Family Felid^. Cats, 



51. Felis oregonensia hippolestes Merr. 



At one time not uncommon in the territory now covered by Kansas. Rec- 

 ords at Valley Falls, in Comanche county, in Trego county, have been 

 made within the last thirty years. The most recent record is the kill- 

 ing of a specimen nine miles north of Hays City on August 15, 1904, by 

 Messrs. Applebaugh and Spratt, who were hunting prairie-chickens 

 at the time, and were armed only with No. 8 chilled shot. 



52. Lynx rufus Guld. Bay Lynx, Wild Cat. 



Found well distributed in the state, but not common anywhere at the 

 present time. 



Family Canid^. Wolves. 



53. Canis ater Richardson, Gray Wolf. 



Once abundant. Still found in a few scattered sections of the state. 

 There is a bounty of five dollars on the large wolves in most of the 

 counties. Last year only three counties were called upon to pay such 

 bounties — Chautauqua, Republic, and Sherman. 



54. Canis griseus Sabine. Dusky Wolf. Lobo Wolf. 



This animal, still found in western Kansas in small numbers, may be 

 Canis nubilus of Say, now called Canis mexicanus nubilus. I find 

 that there is great confusion on the identity of the lobo wolf, and that 

 specimens are lacking to decide the matter. 



55. Canis latrans Say. Coyote. 



Probably rare in the northeastern part of the state. 



