XXVIIIa. 

 Turtle Mountain Snowshoe-rabbit. 



Lepus americanus hishopt Allen. 



(L. bishopi, in honour of Dr. Louis B. Bishop, who secured the type specimen in 

 North Dakota, July 12, 1895.) 



Lepus americanus bishopi Allen, 1899, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

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

 Type Locality. — Mill Lake, Turtle Mountain, N. D. 



The Turtle Mountain Snowshoe has recently been de- 

 scribed by Dr. J. A. Allen as a separate species, under the 

 name Lepus bishopi. It is chiefly distinguished by its small 

 size and very small ears. As it seems to me at best a race of 

 americanus, I have so entered it. 



Life-history. 



Nothing is known of its life-history. There is no reason 

 to expect that it will be found differing in habits from the 

 typical form as set forth in the previous chapter. 



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