34 MAMMALS. 



/. ERETHIZON, F. Cuvier. Ambeican Poecupines. 



1. E. dorsaius, (L.) F. Cuvier. Whitb-haiebd Poecxt- 

 piNE. Dark brown, spines chiefly white. N. Am., S. to 

 Mexico. 



FAMILY XVI.— LEPORID^. 



{The Sa/res.) 



Incisors f, the extra pair in upper jaw small, and 

 placed behind the principal pair, which are grooved in 

 front; molars |:|. A single well - known genus, widely 

 distributed. 



/. LEPUS, Linnasus. Haees. 

 * Pur white in winter. 



1. L americanus, Erxleben. "Whitb Rabbit. Noeth- 

 EEN Habb. Size large; hind feet longer than head; 

 ears about equal to length of head; fur, in summer, 

 cinnamon brown, in winter, becoming white at the 

 surface, plumbeous at base, with a broad median band 

 of reddish brown. "Wooded districts. New England to 

 Minn., and S. to Va., along the Alleganies. 



** Fiu: never white. 



3. L. sylvaticus, Bachman. Geat Rabbit. Size 

 small; hind feet not longer than head; ears two-thirds 

 length of head; gray above, varied with black, and more 

 or less tinged with yellowish brown; below white. U. S. 

 eastward; less northerly than the preceding. Two 

 Southern species, L. palvstris, Bach., the Marsh Rabbit, 

 and Zi. aquaticus. Bach., the Water Rabbit, abound in 

 S. Ills, {mison) 



