LEPUS. 543 



Family Xll. Leporidse. 



Genus iii. Lepiis. 

 Subgenus F. Macrotolagus. 



88Ia. '^Lrpris cdlloiis flario^dfn-i.s- Wagner. 



Lepus callotis var. flavifinlaris Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., 

 IV. 1844, p. 107. 

 Yellow-throated Jack Rabbit. 



Type locality. San Mateo del Mar, Tehuantepec. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. callotis, gray of the rump pale, and 

 very sharply defined from the black and yellow of the dorsal tract; 

 throat patch greatly elongated, much more extensive than that of 

 L. callotis. and a pale straw yellow; fore and hind legs iron gray. 



Measurements. Total length. 525; tail vcrteljrae, 70; hind foot, 

 135; ear. 122. 



*A fairly marked subspecies. 



