KEY TO LAND MAMMALS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA 11/ 

 SUBSPECIES OF LEPUS AMERICANUS 



Hind foot small, about 127 (5) in length.. . L. americanus struthopus 

 Hind foot large, about 140 (5i) in length 

 General color (in summer coat) light yel- 

 lowish brown or drab ; ears conspicu- 

 ously rimmed with white L. americanus americanus 



General color (in summer coat) russet or 

 rusty ; ears inconspicuously rimmed 

 with white L. americanus virginianus 



Lepus americanus struthopus Bangs Nova Scotian hare 

 1898 Le pus americanus struthopus Bangs, Proc. biolog. soc. Wash- 

 ington. 24 Mar. 1898. 12:81. (DigbyN. S.) 



^ind foot small ; color in summer dull tawny brown, (varying from raw umber to 

 bister); black-tipped hairs on back not numerous; ears dusky or black at tip; 

 lorders of ears yellowisli drotvn. Length, 470 (18^) ; tail, 50 (2) ; kind foot, 127 (5). 

 (striithopus; Lat., small-footed) 



The Nova Scotian hare, as its name implies, is confined to the prov- 

 ince of Nova Scotia, where it is exceedingly abundant. 



Lepus americanus americanus Erxleben Northerfi varying hare 



im Lepus americanus Erxleben, Syst. regn. anim. 1:330. 

 1898 Lepus americanus americanus Bangs, Proc. biolog. soc . 

 Washington. 12:78. 



Hind foot large ; color in summer pale tawny brown, (varying from hair brown 

 and drab to tawny clay color) ; black-tipped hairs on back numerous; ears dusky 

 at tips; borders of ears conspicuously white. Length, 470 (18^)^; tail, 38 (li) ; 

 hind foot, 1^0 {&). (americanus; N. Lat., American) 



The northern varying hare occupies the wooded portions of Labrador. 

 Its southern limit is not definitely known ; but the animal does not reach 

 the northern border of the United States. 



Lepus americanus virginianus (Harlan) Southern varying hare 

 1825 Lepus virginianus Harlan, Fauna Americana, p. 106. (Blue moun- 

 tains of Pennsylvania) 

 1877 [Lepus americanus] var. virginianus Allon, Monogr. N.Am. 



rodentia, p. 307. 

 1898 Lepus americanus virginianus llangs, I'roc. biitl(»g. mk-. 

 Washington. 12:79. 

 Hind foot lar<je ; color in summer hriyht TMsiy brown, (varying from russet to 

 deep rust color) ; black-tipped hairs on back numerous ; oars dusky at tip ; bor- 

 ders of ears very inconspicuously whitish. Length, 485 (19) ; tail, 50 (2); hiud 

 foot, 140 (50. (virginianus; N. Lat., Virginian) 



