FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



hind foot, 5 inches; ear from notch, 2.5 inches. Found in 

 "Washington and north to Fraser River, British Columbia, 

 from the western slope of the Cascade Mountains to the sea 

 (including the Olympic Mountains). Vertical range from sea 

 level to about 3,500 feet on the west slope of the Cascades; 

 zonal range mainly Transition and Canadian." (Nelson) 



Oregon Snowshoe Rabbit. — Lepus washingtoni klamathensis 

 (Meiriam). 

 Closely resembling typical washingtoni in size and color, but 

 pelage paler and with more pinkish cinnamon tone. Found 

 in "Cascade Mountains and adjacent parts of Oregon and 

 higher parts of Sierra Nevada of eastern California south at 

 least to Pacific, Eldorado County. Vertical range from 

 about 4,000 feet in mountains near Fort Klamath up prob- 

 ably to timberline; zonal range, mainly Canadian. " (Nelson) 



Rocky Mountain Snowshoe Rabbit. — Lepus bairdi bairdi 

 _ Hayden. Plate XXXIX. 

 vSize of body about as in typical americanus, but with longer 

 ears and hind feet. Total length, 18.4 inches; tail vertebrae, 

 1.6 inches; hind foot, 5.8 inches; ear from notch, 2.8 inches. 

 Color of upperparts (summer) buffy grayish brown to rusty 

 brown; winter pelage white, with black-bordered tips of ears 

 and underparts pale salmon. Found in "Higher parts of 

 Rocky Mountains from Idaho, Montana, and extreme 

 eastern Washington and Oregon southeast through western 

 Wyoming, eastern Utah, and middle Colorado to central 

 New Mexico. Also probably extreme southern Alberta 

 and extreme southeastern British Columbia, though no 

 specimens have been seen from these areas. Vertical range 

 from about 8,000 to 11,000 feet (timberline) in northern 

 New Mexico and Colorado; zonal range, Canadian and 

 Hudsonian." (Nelson) 



Cascade Mountain Snowshoe Rabbit. — Lepus bairdi cascaden- 

 sis Nelson. 

 Color above (summer), darker than typical bairdi, with 

 more black on rump and more reddish along the back. 

 Like typical bairdi, white in winter. Size about as in 

 typical bairdi. Found in "Cascade Mountains near extreme 

 southern border of British Columbia from Hope, on Fraser 

 River, south along east side of mountains at least to Martin 

 and Easton, Washington. Vertical range undetermined; 

 zonal range probably Canadian and Hudsonian." (Nelson) 



The Varying Hares are larger than the Cottontail Rabbits 

 and in the regions where both occur are generally less abund- 

 ant. North of the range of the Cottontails, the Varying 

 Hares may be very abundant, and in general it may be said 

 that the latter live in colder climates (higher altitudes or more 

 northern latitudes) than the former. Varying Hares may be 

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