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Type locality—Touchet, Plains of Columbia, Washington. 
Range—Upper Sonoran and lower Transition zones in the 
Modoc region of northwestern California, west to Beswick, 
Siskiyou County, and south to Beckwith, Plumas County 
(Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29, 1909, p. 133; Mus. Vert. Zool. ). 
Lepus californicus richardsoni Bachman 
San Joaquin Jack Rabbit 
Original description—Lepus richardsoni Bachman, Journ. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 8, pt. 1, 1839, pp. 88-90. 
Type locality—Not known exactly, but probably near Jolon, 
Monterey County, California (see Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 
Wash., 17, 1904, p. 136). 
Synonyms—Lepus tularensis Merriam, supra cit., pp. 136, 
137 (type from Alila [Earlimart], Tulare County, Califor- 
nia) ; Lepus californicus, part. 
Range—Lower Sonoran and low Upper Sonoran zones in 
the San Joaquin Valley, surrounding foothills, and valleys to 
the westward to and including Salinas and Cuyama valleys 
(Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29, 1909, p. 136; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
Lepus californicus bennetti Gray 
San Diego Jack Rabbit 
Original description—“Lepus bennetti Gray, Zool. Voyage 
Sulphur, 1844, p. 35, pl. 14.” 
Type locality—“San Diego, California.” 
Synonym—Lepus californicus, part. 
Range—Lower and Upper Sonoran zones in the San Diegan 
district, from the Mexican line northwest to southern Santa 
Barbara County, altogether west of the desert divides (Nelson, 
N. Amer. Fauna, 29, 1909, p. 137; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
Lepus californicus deserticola Mearns 
Colorado Desert Jack Rabbit 
Original description—Lepus texianus deserticola Mearns, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18, June 24, 1896, p. 564. 
Type locality—Western edge of Colorado Desert, at east 
base of Coast Range, in San Diego County, California. 
Synonym—Lepus californicus, patt. 
August 26, 1913. 
