Vol. Ill] GRINNELL— MAMMALS OF CALIFORNIA 361 



Type locality — Touchet, Plains of Columbia, Washington. 



Range — Upper Sonoran and lower Transition zones in the 

 Modoc region of northwestern California, west to Beswick, 

 Siskiyou County, and south to Beckwith, Plumas County 

 (Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29, 1909, p. 133 ; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Lepus californicus richardsoni Bachman 



San Joaquin Jack Rabbit 



Original description — Lepus richardsonii Bachman, Journ. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 8, pt. 1, 1839, pp. 88-90. 



Type locality — Not known exactly, but probably near Jolon, 

 Monterey County, California (see Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Wash., 17, 1904, p. 136). 



Synonyms — Lepus tularensis Merriam, supra cit., pp. 136, 

 137 (type from Alila [=Earlimart], Tulare County, Califor- 

 nia) ; Lepus californicus, part. 



Range — Lower Sonoran and low Upper Sonoran zones in 

 the San Joaquin Valley, surrounding foothills, and valleys to 

 the westward to and including Salinas and Cuyama valleys 

 (Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29, 1909, p. 136; Mus. Vert. Zool). 



Lepus californicus bennetti Gray 

 San Diego Jack Rabbit 



Original description — "Lepus bennetti Gray, Zool. Voyage 

 Sulphur, 1844, p. 35, pi. 14." 



Type locality — "San Diego, California." 



Synonym — Lepus californicus, part. 



Range — Lower and Upper Sonoran zones in the San Diegan 

 district, from the Mexican line northwest to southern Santa 

 Barbara County, altogether west of the desert divides (Nelson, 

 N. Amer. Fauna, 29, 1909, p. 137; Mus. Vert. Zool). 



Lepus californicus deserticola Mearns 



Colorado Desert Jack Rabbit 



Original description — Lepus texianus deserticola Mearns, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18, June 24, 1896, p. 564. 



Type locality — Western edge of Colorado Desert, at east 

 base of Coast Range, in San Diego County, California. 



Synonym — Lepus californicus, part. 



August 26, 1913. 



