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RODENTIA 



Lepus europ^us pvrenaicus Hilzheimer. 



1906. L\_epus] cliiropams] pyrcnaictts Hilzheimer, Zool. Anzeiger, xxx, 



p. 512, August 14, 1906. 

 1910. Lepus citropaius pyrcnaictis TrOuessart, Fauna Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 220. 



Type locality. — -Bagneres [de Luchon 1], Pyrenees, France. 



Gaograpliical disfrilmtion. — Pyrenean region, south-eastern 

 France. 



Diagnosis. — Essentially like Lepus europeeus europseiis, but 

 smaller (hind foot, 113 to 125). 



Specwiens examined. — Five, from the Department-'Of Ariege, France, 

 and the neighbouring portion of Andorra. 



Remarhs. — The five specimens, though imperfect, do not 

 appear to be referable to any of the other forms of Lepus 

 europseus. They agree sufficiently well with pyrenaicas as 

 described by Hilzheimer. 



2 9,1. Ax -les-Thermes, Ariege, V. Builles (c & i>). 10.9.20.1-3. 

 France. 



Lepus europ^us meridiei Hilzheimer. 



1859. ? Lepus mcridionalis Gervais, Zool. et Paleont. Francaises, 2nd ed., 

 p. 47 (Nomen nudum, based on the hare of Languedoc and 

 Provence). 



1906. Llepits] el^uropxus'] meridiei Hilzheimer, Zool. Anzeiger, xxx, p. 512, 

 August 14, 1904 (Aveyron, France). 



1910. Lepus europ/EUS meridiei Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 220. 



Type locality. — Department of Aveyron, France. 



Geographical clistrihution. — South-central and south-eastern 

 France, northern Italy, Corfu. 



Diagnosis. — Size as in Lepus europseus europseus ; colour 

 browner and less buffy than in the typical form, and rump 

 distinctly bluish grey, though less conspicuously contrasted with 

 back' than in the large L. e. transsylvanicus. 



Measurements. — Four males from the neighbourhood of 

 Nimes, Gard, France, average and exti'emes : hind foot, 146*6 

 (140-152). Two males from Barcelonnette, Basses-Alpes, 

 France: head and body, 528 and 540; tail, 112 and 95; hind 

 foot, 138 and 140. Two males from Siena, Italy : head and 

 body, 500 and 550; tail, 80 and 90; hind foot, 130 and 133; 

 ear from crown, 116 and 118. Two females from the same 

 locality : head and body, 550 and 558 ; tail, 88 and 92 ; hind 

 foot, 130 and 134 ; ear from crown, 119 and 123. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 511. 



Specimens examined. — Twenty, from the following localities : — 

 Prance : Near Nimes, Gard, 7 (U.S.N.M. and Mottaz) ; near Digne, 

 Basses-Alpes, 3 (Mottaz) ; St. Paul, near Barcelonnette, Basses-Alpes, 2. 



