SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



female shorter than those of the male. Larger than the 

 Common Hare. 



Lepus Tolai, Pallas, Glires, 17. Lepus Dauricus, Erx- 

 leben. 



Tolai, Buff. 15. 138. Lapin de Siberie, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 

 I. 211. Baikal Hare, Pennant, Quad. 104. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 234. Pallas, I. c. tab. 4. /. 2. 



Inhabits Mongolia and Tartary. 



695. 7. L. Americanus (American Hare.) Yellow gray, 

 varied with brown ; neck yellow; throat and belly white ; 

 ears shorter than the head, without black tips ; about as 

 big as a rabbit. 



Lepus Americanus, Erxleb. Lepus Hudsonius, Pallas, 

 GUres, pa. 30. Lepus Nanus, Schreb er. 



American Hare, Forster, Phil. Trans. 62, pa. 376. 



Icon. Schreber, 234, B. 



Inhabits North America. 



696.8. Z.y4/ncaww5, (Cape Hare.) Ears one fifth larger 

 than the head ; size and colour of the Common Hare, but 

 the legs are ferruginous, and a little larger. 



Lepus Capensis, Lin. S. N. ? Lepus iEgyptius, Geoff. 

 Mem. d'Egypt. 



Lievre d'Afrique, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 211. 



Icon. Geoff. I. c. tab. 



Inhabits the whole of Africa. 



Obs. The Lepus Capensis has been treated as distinct 

 from the Lepus JEgyptius, but the Baron places them to- 

 gether. 



697.. 9. L Brasiliensis (Tapiti, or Brasilian Hare.) Va- 

 ried with brown and yellowish above; a white half collar 

 on the throat ; ears much shorter than the head ; tail very 

 short. 



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