BODENT1A— LAGOMYIDAE— LAGOMYS PRINOEPS. 



125 



A single individual of this species was killed by Mr. E. E. Howell of the 

 party upon Mount Nebo, near Nephi, Utah. According- to the accounts of 

 the settlers, it is quite common in the Wahsatch range, sometimes attaining 



a large size. 



This species appears to be perfectly distinct from the eastern one, E. 

 dorsatus, which it replaces, as far as known, in North America west of the 

 plains It has a wide range in latitude, from Mexico to Alaska, and corre- 

 sponding regions in British America. Dr. Cones lately found it quite 

 numerous in the Rocky Mountains at latitude 49° N. 



Fam. LAGOMYIDAE. 



Genus LAGOMYS, Cuv. 



LAGOMYS PRINCEPS, RicL. 



Little Chief Hare; Pika; "Coney" of mountaineers. 



Lepus (Lagomys) princeps, Rich., Zool. Journ., 1S2S, 520 ; Fd. Bor.-Am., i, 1829, 227, 

 pi. 19. — Bach., Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 354. 



Lagomys princeps, Wateehouse, Nat. Hist. Manila., ii, 184S, 28. — Aud. & Bach., 

 Quad. N. A., ii, 1851, 244, pi. 83.— BAIED, M. N. A., 1857, 019. 



Specimens. 



No. 



Name. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remark-,. 



97 

 124 



124 A 



125 



125 A 



90S 



L. princep?; 



do 



Argentine Pass. Colo 



Fort Garland, Colo 



do 



July, 1S73 Dr.J.T. Rothrock 

 Mav, 187; H. W. HpnJmv 



Skin and cranium. 



Do. 



Do. 

 In flesh. 



Do. 

 Skin and cranium. 



do 



do 



....do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Apache, Ariz 



Oct., 1S73 



do 



Quite numerous in the mountains, extending, according to Richardson, 

 from the Rocky Mountains northward to 60° 4'. It generally inhabits the 

 higher peaks, above timber-line, in the loose lava and scoria, where it hides, 

 but, in some latitudes, descends to the edges of valleys in the mountains, 

 or even to the foot-hills. At latitude 49°, it was found by Dr. Cones very 

 abundant below 5,000 feet 



