XXVIII. 



Snowshoe-rabbit, Common Bush-rabbit, White-rabbit, 

 White-hare, Northern or Varying-hare. 



Lepus americanus phcBonotus Allen. 



(L. Lepus, a hare; americanus, because this was the first American hare recognized 

 as distinct; phaonotus, from the Greek phaios, dusky, and notos, back.) 



Lepus americanus Erxleben, 1777, Syst. Reg. An., I, p. 330. 



Type Locality. — Hudson Bay Territory, probably 



near Fort Severn. 



Lepus americanus phceonotus Allen, 1899, Bull. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., XII, p. II, March 4. 

 Type Locality. — Hallock, Kittson County, Minn. 



French Canadian, le Lapin. 



Cree, Wah-poos.' 



OjiBWA AND Saut., Wah-boos.' 



Chipewyan, Kah. 



Yankton Sioux, Mah-steen'-cha. 



Ogallala Sioux, Mah-stin-cha' la. 



The Family Leporida; comprises large, terrestrial rodents 

 which have soft, dense fur, very long ears, long hind-legs, 

 short, bushy tail, and a remarkable duplication of the upper 

 incisors, that is — behind the usual 2 in front of the upper jaw 

 is a rudimentary pair. 



The genus Lepus (Linn., 1758) agrees with the above 

 and has the following tooth formula: 



Inc. — -; prem. --^; mol. ^-^ = 28 

 i-i 2-2 T,-^ 



Combined with the generic characters, the Snowshoe- 

 rabbit has marked peculiarities of size, etc. 



A male taken at Carberry, Man., November 2, 1886, was size 

 18 inches (457 mm.) from snout to end of tail-bone; the head 



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