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Range — Upper Sonoran zone in Sacramento Valley and 

 San Francisco Bay region ; recorded north to Red Bluff, 

 Tehama County, and South to Los Banos, Merced County 

 (Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29, 1909, pp. 214, 216; Mus. Vert. 

 Zool. ) ; not reported from the coast belt north of San Fran- 

 cisco Bay nor south of the Santa Clara Valley. 



Sylvilagus auduboni vallicola Nelson 

 San Joaquin Cottontail 



Original description — Svk'ilagus auduboni vallicola Nelson, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 20, July 22, 1907, pp. 82, 83. 



Type locality — San Emigdio Ranch (25 miles southwest 

 of Bakersfield). Kern County, California. 



Range — Lower Sonoran zone (locally into Upper Sonoran) 

 in the southern San Joaquin Valley, west to the Cuyama and 

 Salinas valleys ; recorded north to Raymond, Madera County, 

 and south to the Walker and Tejon passes (Nelson, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 29, 1909, pp. 216, 218; Mus. Vert. Zool). 



Sylvilagus auduboni sanctidiegi (JNIiller) 

 San Diego Cottontail 



Original description — Lepus floridamis sanctidiegi Miller, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., October, 1899, pp. 389, 390. 



Type locality — Mexican boundary near Pacific Ocean, in 

 San Diego County, California. 



Range — Upper and Lower Sonoran zones in the San Diegan 

 district, west of the desert divides, from southern Ventura 

 County southwest to the Mexican line (Nelson, N. Amer. 

 Fauna. 29, 1909, pp. 218, 220; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Sylvilagus auduboni arizonae (Allen) 

 Arizona Cottontail 



Original description — Lcpus sylvaticus var. arizonae Allen, 

 Mon. N. Amer. Rodentia, 1877, p. 332. 



Type locality — Beal Spring, 2 miles from Kingman, Mohave 

 County, Arizona. 



Synonyms — Lepus laticinctus Elliot, Field Col. Mus., zool. 

 ser., 3, December, 1903, p. 254 (type from Oro Grande, 

 Mdhave Desert, San Bernardino County, California) ; Lepus 



