MAMMALS 359 



S. auduboni (Baird). Color dark buffy brown; white beneath; 

 length 418 mm.; tail 72 mm.; hind foot 86 mm.: western, southwestern 

 and Rocky Mountain States; 2 to 7 young in a litter. 



Subspecies of S. auduboni 



S. a. auduboni (Baird). Interior of north-central California, 

 including the region of San Francisco Bay. 



5. a. vallicola Nel. Color pale yellowish brown; length 402 mm.; 

 tail 55 mm.; hind foot 91 mm.: central-interior California; Lower 

 Sonoran zone, 



S. a. sanctidiegi (Miller). Size small; colors pale: coast region of 

 southwestern California. 



S. a. arizonce (Allen). Color very pale; ears very large: deserts of 

 southern Cahfornia and Nevada and southwestern Arizona. 



S. a. minor (Mearns). Size small; color pale grayish: southern New 

 Mexico and Mexico. 



S. a. cedrophilus Nel. Color dark buff: central New Mexico and 

 Arizona. 



S. a. ivarreni Nel. Color buffy brown: southwestern Colorado, 

 northwestern New Mexico, northeastern Arizona and southeastern 

 Utah. 



S. a. baileyi (Merr.). Color uniform pale creamy buff; length 411 

 mm. : plains of eastern Montana, Wyoming and Colorado and western 

 North Dakota into western Kansas. 



5. a. neomexicanus Nel. Color dark buffy gray, slightly rusty: 

 southern Kansas into central Texas and eastern New Mexico. 



S. a. panndus (Allen). Color yellowish gray: southern Texas and 

 Mexico. 



S. bachmani (Waterhouse) . Brush rabbit. Size small; ears, tail 

 and legs short; color dark grayish brown with a tinge of reddish; length 

 328 mm.; tail 31 mm.; hind foot 74 mm.: a narrow belt along the coast 

 or near it from the Columbia River to Cape St. Lucas; Transition and 

 Upper and Lower Sonoran zones. 



Subspecies of S. bachmani 



S. b. bachmani (Water.). Coastal region from Monterey to Santa 

 Monica; also western foothills of the Sierras. 



S. b. ubericolor (Miller). Color darker and more reddish: coastal 

 region from Monterey Bay to the Columbia River; also the head of the 

 Sacramento Vallev. 



