Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. americanus Erxleben 1777
Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. americanus Erxleben 1777, Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 330.
Type Locality: "in America boreeli, ad fretum Hudsonis copiosissimus." Restricted by Nelson (1909:87) to Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada.
Synonyms: Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. bishopi J. A. Allen 1899; Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. columbianus Rhoads 1895; Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. hudsonius Pallas 1778; Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. nanus Schreber 1790; Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. pallidus Cowan 1938; Lepus (Poecilolagus) americanus subsp. phaeonotus J. A. Allen 1899 .