342 LEPUS. 



Omilteme Cotton-tail. 



Type locality. Omilteme, State of Guerrero, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



859. Lepus floridanus (Allen). 



Lepus sylvaticus 'floridanus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 



1890, p. 160. 

 Lepus floridanus Elliot, Syn. N, Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 280, pi. XXVI. Zool. Ser. 

 Florida Cotton-tail. 



Type locality. Sebastian River, Brevard County, Florida. 

 Geogr. Distr. North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



a. Lepus floridanus maUiirus (Thomas). 



Lepus sylvaticus Bachm., Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1837, 



p. 403. (nee Nillson.) 

 Lepus nuttalli mallurus Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., 



II, 1898, p. 320. 

 Lepus floridanus mallurus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. IMamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 280. Zool. Ser. 

 Common Cotton-tail. 



Type locality. Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. 

 Geogr. Distr. Southern Maine, along the coast to Florida and the 

 Gulf States, west to eastern Kansas, Nebraska, and the Indian Terri- 

 tory. In the states bordering on the Mississippi it grades into L. 

 nuttalli and in Arizona into L. arizoncB. In the interior its range is 

 limited apparently by the northern boundary of the United States. 



1). Lepiis floridanus mearnsi Allen. 



Lepus sylvaticus mearnsi Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 



1894, p. 171. 



Lepus floridanus mearnsi Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 1899, p. 13. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 190T, p. 280. Zool. Ser. 

 Mearns' Cotton-tail. 



Type locality. Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota. 



Geogr. Distr. Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. 



c. Le])iis floridanus transitiovalis (Bangs). 



Lepus sylvaticus transitionalis Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 



1895, p. 405. 



Lepus floridanus transitionalis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 281. Zool. Ser. 



