KEY TO LAND MA-MMALS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA II/' 



SUBSPECIES OF LEPCS AMERIOANUS 



Hind foot small, about 127 (5) in length... L. americanua Btruthopus 

 Hind foot large, about 140 (51) in length 

 General color (iu summer coat) light yel- 

 lowish brown or drab ; ears conspicu- 

 ously rimmed with white L. americanus americanua 



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 americfinus struthopus Bangs, Proo. biolog. soc. Wash- 

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



Hind foot small; color in summer dull tawuybrown, (varying from raw umber to 

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

 hordera of ears yellowish brown. Length, 470 (18^) ; tail, 50 (2) ; hind foot, 127 (5) . 

 (strtithopus; 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 Northern varying hare 



nn 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 

 ac tips; borders of ears conspicuously white. Length, 470 (18i) ; tail, 38 (li) • 

 hind foot, 150 (6). (amerie&uus; 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. 196. (Blue moun- 

 tains of Pennsylvania) 

 1877 [Lepus americanua] var. virginianus Allen, Monogr. N.Am. 



rodentia, p. 307. 

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

 Washington. 12 : 79. 

 Hind foot large; color in summer bright lusty brown, (varying from russet to 

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

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

 foot, 140 (5i). (virgini£inus; N. Lat., Virginian) 



