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LEPUS TE XI ANUS.— Aud. and Bach. 
Texan Hare — -Vulgo Jackass Rabbit. 
PLATE CXXXIII.— Male. 
L. Magnitudine, L. Californicum excedens, auriculis maximis, capite 
tertia parte longioribus, linea fusca supra in collo, stria nigra a natibus 
usque ad caudm apicem products, corpore supra luteo nigroque vario, 
subter, collo rufo gula atque ventre albis. 
CHABACTEES. 
Larger than the Californian Hare ; ears, very large— more than one third 
longer than the head ; a dark brown stripe on the top of the neck , and a black 
stripe from the rump, extending to the root of the tail and along its upper 
surface to the tip. Upper surface of body , mottled deep buff and black, throat 
and belly white, under side of neck dull rufous. 
DESCBIPTION. 
Crown of the head, depressed or flattened, forming an obtuse angle with 
the forehead and nose ; ears, of immense size, being larger than in any 
other species of Hare known to us. Body, full, and rather stout ; fore- 
legs, of moderate length and size ; thighs, stout and large ; tarsus, of 
moderate length ; nails, strong, deeply channelled beneath. 
COLOUE. 
Hairs on the upper surface of body, white from the roots for two thirds 
of their length, then brown, then dull buff, and tipped very narrowly with 
black. On the belly, throat, and insides of legs, the hairs are white from 
the roots to the tips. 
One of our specimens has a black patch on the inner surface of the ear 
near its base ; another has a brown patch in that place ; anterior margin 
of the ears, buff ; posterior portion of the ear for an inch and a half from 
the tip, whitish ; a narrow line of dark brown runs from between the ears 
for an inch along the back of the neck ; the anterior outer half of the ear, 
and the posterior inner half of the ear, are clothed with a mixture of parti - 
