360 LEPUS. 



St. Michaels' Hare. 



Type locality. St. Michaels, Norton Soutid, Alaska. 

 Geogr: Distr. Northwestern Alaska. Range unknown. 



897. Lepus poadromus Merriam. 



Lepus poadromus Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., ii, 1900, p. 29. 



ElHot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 272. 



Zool. Ser. 

 Swift Hare. 



Type locality. Stepovak Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska. 

 Geogr. Distr. Alaska Peninsula. Range unknown. 



898. Lepus americanus Erxleben. 



Lepus americanus Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., i, 1777, p. 330. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 273. 

 Zool. Ser. 



Lepus hudsonius Pallas, Nov. Spec. Quad. Glires, 1778, p. 30. 



Lepus nanus Schreb., Saugth., 11, 1792, pi. 234 B. 



Lepus borealis Schinz, Synop., 11, 1845, P- 286. 



Lepus campestris Hayden, Amer. Nat., iii, i86g, p. 115. (Part.) 

 American Hare. 



Type locality. Vicinit}^ of Hudson Bay, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia northward to the 

 limit of trees, and westward to Alaska. 



a. Lepus 'mn'/'ict/iiits virg.inidini.'i (Harlan). 



Lepus virginianus Harlan, Faun. Amer., 1825, p. 196. 



Lepus americanus virginianus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm.. F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, rgoi, p. 273. Zool. Ser. 

 Virginian Hare. 



Type locality. Blue Mountains, northeast of Harrisburg, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Geogr. Distr. Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Connecticut, 

 and in the Alleghanies south to Virginia ; through the northern part 

 of the border tier of States and the southern half of Canada west to 

 the north shore of Lake Superior and northern Minnesota to the 

 Missouri River. 



b. Lepus (iDicficdnus pUifDuotus Allen. 



Lepus americanus phceonotus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



N. Y., 1899, p. II. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm.. F. C. M. Pub., 



II, 1901, p. 273. Zool. Ser. 

 Western Hare. 



Type locality. Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota. 



Geogr. Distr. Central and northern Minnesota. Range unknown. 



