356 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



L. washingtoni Baird. Color in summer dull dark rusty brown; in 

 winter similar, but slightly paler; length 429 mm.; tail 41 mm.; hind 

 foot 125 mm.: Washington from the Cascades to the sea; Canadian and 

 Transition zones. 



L. w. klamathensis Merriam. Colors paler : Klamath Lake region 

 to central eastern California; Canadian zone. 



L. hairdi Hayden. Color in summer dusky grayish or rusty brown; 

 in winter pure white; length 459 mm.; tail 39 mm.; hind foot 146 mm.: 

 Rocky Mountains from Washington, Idaho and Montana to New 

 Mexico; Canadian and Hudsonian zones. 



L. alleni Mearns. Antelope jack rabbit. Size large; ears and legs 

 very long; color of top of back yellowish brown; sides, rump and 

 shoulders gray; under parts pure white; base of tail black; length 606 

 mm.; tail 63 mm.; hind foot 131: deserts of southern Arizona and 

 Mexico. 



L. campestris Bachman. White-tailed jack rabbit. Color in 

 summer pale yellowish gray; entire tail white; tip of ear black; in 

 winter pure white; length 605 mm.; tail 92 mm.; hind foot 149 mm.: 

 northern and western States from Wisconsin to eastern CaHfornia. 

 The jack rabbits weigh about 6 pounds and are remarkable for their 

 speed, clearing 20 feet at a leap. They feed on bark, leaves and 

 herbage' and as they often do very great damage to crops are much 

 hunted for purpose of extermination, and also for the fur and meat. 



Subspecies of L. campestris 



L. c. campestris Bach. Great Plains from Wisconsin to the Rockies; 

 northward into Canada; southward to New Mexico and southern 

 Kansas. 



L. c. townsendi Bach. Color uniform gray, without any yellowish: 

 Great Basin; eastward to the summit of the Rockies. 



L. c. sierrce Merr. Size large; color uniform gray; length 635 mm.: 

 high Sierras from Mount Shasta to Mount Whitney. 



L. californicus Gray. Black-tailed jack rabbit. Color dark 

 ochraceous brown or dark buffy brown in winter and paler in summer; 

 under parts dull dark buff; top of tail black; length 604 mm.; tail 95 

 mm.; hind foot 131 mm.: Nebraska and Texas to the Pacific; northward 

 to Washington; southward into Mexico; i to 6 young in a litter. 



Subspecies of L. californicus 

 L. c. californicus Gray. Coast of California from Cape Mendocino 

 to Graviota Pass; eastward to the Sierras; northward in the interior to 

 the Willamette. 



