NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAMMALS. 365 



*SyIvilagus nuttallii pinetis (Allen). 



1894. Lepus sylvaticus pinetis Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 6, p. 348. December 7, 1894. 



1909. Sylvilagus nuttaUi pinetis Nelson, North Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 29, p. 207. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — Wliite Mountains, Apache County, Arizona. 



Range. — Pine forests of mountains from central Arizona and 

 middle-western New Mexico, north through Colorado except 

 northwestern corner Vertical range in Colorado and New 

 Mexico from about 7,500 to over 10,000 feet; zonal range mainly 

 transition and lower edge of Canadian, moving down in mnter 

 to border of upper Sonoran zone. 



*Sylvilagus audubonii audubonii (Baird). 



1857. Lepus audubonii Baird, ]\Iamm. N. Amer., p. 008. 



1885. Lepus sylvaticus auduhoni True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 7 (1884), p. 601. 1885. 



1909. Sylvilagus auduhoni Nelson, North Amer. Fauna, No. 29, 

 p. 214. August 31, 1909. 



Type Locality. — San Francisco, California. 



Range. — Interior of north-central California from Red Bluff 

 in Sacramento Valley south in suitable locaUties in valley and 

 foothills to north end of San Joaquin Valley (Chinese Camp 

 on the east and Los Banos on the west), and reaching the 

 coast along the east and south sides of San Francisco Bay, 

 and thence south thi-ough the adjacent Santa Clara Valley. 

 Vertical range from sea level at San Francisco Bay up to 

 about 4,000 feet on west slope of Sierra Nevada; zonal range, 

 mainly semiarid upper Sonoran. 



t*SylviIagus audubonii vallicola Nelson. 



1907. Sylvilagus auduhoni vallicola Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 20, p. 82. July 22, 1907. 



Type Locality. — San Emigdio ranch, Kern County, California. 



Range. — Hot, arid parts of central-interior California in Salinas, 

 Upper Cuyama, and San Joaquin Valleys; north to beyond 

 Raymond and south to Walker and Tejon Passes. Not 

 found west of the outer Coast Range. Vertical range from 

 about 250 feet in bottom of San Joaquin Valley to 4,500 

 feet altitude on western slope of Sierra Nevada; zonal range, 

 mainly lower Sonoran, but extending into upper Sonoran. 



