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 Family LEPORIDAE. 



Genus ROMEROLAGUS Meniam. 



1896. Romerologus Meeriam, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, x, p. 

 173. December '29, 1896. Type. — Roraerolagus nehoni Merriam. 



Romerolagus nelsoni Meniam. 



1896. Romerolagus nehoni Merriam, Proc. biol. soc. Wash- 

 ington, X, p. 173. December 29, 1896. 

 Type locality. — West slope of Mount Popocatepetl, State of 

 Mexico, Mexico. Altitude, 11,000 feet. 

 According to an anonymous reviewer in Natural Science (x, p. 

 151, March, 1897) this animal received the name Lepus diaziii] 1893 

 (Ferrari-Perez, Exposicion Internacional Columbiana de Chicago en 

 1893. Catalogo Comision Geografico-Explorada de la Reptiblica 

 Mexicana. pi. 42, March, 1893). 



Genus LEPUS Linnaeus. 



1758. Lepus Lixis^aeus, Syst. nat., x ed., i, p. 57. Type. — Lepus 

 timidus LiNXAEus. 



Subgenus Lepus Linnaeus. 



Lepus americanus Erxlel)en. 



1777. 'iLepus'] americanus Eexlebex, Syst. regni anim., i, p. 



330. 

 1885. Lepus amerieamis americanus True, Proc. U. S. nat. 



mus., VII (1884), p. 601. 1885. 

 Type locality. — -Vicinity of Hudson Bay, Canada. 



Lepus americanus bairdii (Playden). 



1869. Lepus bairdii Haydex, Amer. nat., in, }). 115. May, 

 1869. 



