Jieio Forms of the Spanish Hare, 401 



Province of Pontevedra, measures : liiad foot 110; car from 

 crown 105. 



S/'ecimens examined. — Two, both from North-western 

 Spain, 



Lepus granatensis iturissius^ subsp, n. 



Type.—MviM (sldn and skull). B.M. no. 97.6. 15. 1. 

 Collected in the Basses Pyrenees by G. Greig *. Presented 

 by J. E. Harting. 



Geographical distribution. — Basses Pyrenees. Limits of 

 range unknown. 



Diagnosis. — Colour essentially as in Lepus granatensis 

 granatensis; ear short, its length from crown only 95 mm.; 

 skull small and slender, its occipito-nasal length about 82 mm. 

 instead of 85-90 mm. 



Colour. —The colour so exactly agrees with that of Lepus 

 granatensis graiiatensis as to require no special description. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull diflfers irom that of Lejms 

 grayiatensis granatensis in its distinctly smaller size, in tlie 

 even less convex dorsal profile, and the more slender rostrum. 

 The rostral depth at front of tooth-row is 1 7 mm., while iu 

 L. granatensis granatensis it ranges from 19 to 21 mm. 

 Other cranial characters as well as teeth as in the typical 

 form. 



Measurements. — Hind foot 110 mm. ; ear from crown 95. 

 Skull : occipito-nasul length 82*4 ; condylo-basal length 72'6; 

 zygomatic breadth o9*4 ; interorbital breadth IG ; postorbital 

 breadth 13 ; breadth of brain-case 29'8; nasal (diagonal) 36'4 ; 

 greatest breadth of both nasals together 18"8 ; diastema '2'1-Q ; 

 mandible 61 ; maxillary tooth-row (alveoli) 14*8 ; mandibular 

 tooth-row (alveoli) 15'8. 



Specimen examined. — The type, 



Hemarks. — This strikingly marked form, which may prove 

 to be specitically distinct from Lepus granatensis, is imme- 

 diately recognizable by its short ear and small slender skull. 

 Its range is probably confined to the region of the Basses 

 Pyrenees ; at least, the Central Pyreneau hare, as described 

 by Hilzheimerf, is a very different animal, a large member 

 of the Lepus europoius group, 



* Probably bought iu market at Biarritz (see note by Mr. Grei"- iu 

 * Field,' uo. 2301, p. ISr,, Jauuary ;J0, 1897). ° 



t Lepiis curopceus pi/renaicus, Ililzheimer, Zool. Anzeiger, xxx. p. ol2 

 (August 14, 190G), Type locality : " B.ngneres." 



