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Range — Chiefly Lower Sonoran zone (locally up through 

 Transition) in the desert regions of southeastern California, 

 west to the eastern confines of the San Diegan district, and 

 north, east of the Sierra Nevada, to Mono Lake (Nelson, N. 

 Amer. Fauna. 29, 1909, pp. 137. 140; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Sylvilagus nuttalli nuttalli (Bachman) 

 Washington Cottontail 



Original description — Lepiis mtttallii Bachman, Journ. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 7. pt. 2, 1837, pp. 345-348. pi. 22. fig. 1. 



Type localitx — Probably eastern Oregon near mouth of 

 Malheur River (see Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29, 1909, p. 

 201). 



Range — Upper Sonoran and Transition zones in parts of 

 the Modoc region of northeastern California, west to Shasta 

 Valley, Siskiyou County, and south to Mono Lake, Mono 

 County (Nelson, supra cit., pp. 201, 204; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Sylvilagus nuttalli grangeri (Allen) 

 Black Hills Cottontail 



Original description — Lcpus sylvaticus grangeri Allen, Bull. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., 7, August 21, 1895, pp. 264, 265. 



Type locality — Hill City, Black Hills. Custer County, South 

 Dakota. 



Synouy)n — Lcpus laticinctiis pcrpHcatus Elliot, Field Col. 

 Mus., zool. ser., 3, December, 1903, p. 255 (type from Hanno- 

 pee Canyon. Panamint Mountains, Inyo County, California. 



Range — High Upper Sonoran and Transition zones on 

 desert ranges of the Inyo region, from White Mountains south 

 to the Coso and Panamint mountains (Nelson, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 29, 1909, pp. 204, 207). 



Sylvilagus auduboni auduboni (Baird) 



Sacramento Cottontail 



Original description — Lcpus audubonii Baird, Pac. R. R. 

 Rep., 8, 1857, pp. 608-610, pi. 58, fig. 2. 

 Type locality — San Francisco, California. 

 Svnonyin — Lcpus syhaticus auduboni. 



