430 LEPUS. 
Fig. 82. LEPUS (MICROLAGUS) CINERASCENS. 
No. 60886 U.S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Nat size 
446. peninsularis (Lepus), Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1898 
p. 144. 
LOWER CALIFORNIA HARE. 
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[ype locality. Santa Anita, Lower California, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. Cape Region of Lower California, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to L. cinerascens, but paler. 
Color. Upper parts pale grayish brown and black, darkest on 
dorsal region; sides grayer and paler; under parts and hind feet white; 
fore feet brownish white. 
Measurements. Total length, 324; tail vertebre, 20; hind foot, 
73; ear, 61. Skull: total length, 6r.5; basal length, 52; greatest 
vygomatic breadth, 30; width of postorbital constriction, 9.5; length 
of nasals, 26; posterior width of nasals, 11; length of upper molar 
series, 11.5; length of lower jaw, 43; height at condyle, 25. 
