Lepus flavigularis Wagner 1844

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 185-211 : 199

Lepus flavigularis Wagner 1844

Lepus flavigularis Wagner 1844 , in: Schreber, Die Saugethiere, Suppl. 4: 106.

Type Locality: " Mexico " Restricted by Elliot (1905:543) to San Mateo del Mar, Tehuantepec [City, Oaxaca, Mexico].

Vernacular Names: Tehuantepec Jackrabbit.

Distribution: Coastal plains and bordering foothills on south end of Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca, Mexico), along Pacific coast to Chiapas ( Mexico); now restricted to small area between Salina Cruz , Oaxaca, and extreme W Chiapas.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered; likely to be reclassified as IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Proeulagus ( Gureev, 1964:193) or Macrotolagus ( Averianov, 1998). Closely related to callotis , with which it has an isolated allopatric distribution; see Anderson and Gaunt (1962); also see Hall (1981:330). Karyotype reported by Uribe-Alcocer et al. (1989). Reviewed by Cervantes (1993, Mammalian Species, 423).