Lepus californiens Gray, 1837
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Lepus californiens Gray, 1837 . Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1:586.
TYPE LOCALITY: "St. Antoine" [probably near Mission of San Antonio, California, USA]. Discussed by Hall (1981:326) .
DISTRIBUTION: Hidalgo and S Queretaro to N Sonora and Baja California ( Mexico), north to SW Oregon and C Washington, S Idaho, E Colorado, S South Dakota, W Missouri, and NW Arkansas ( USA). Apparently isolated population in SW Montana.
STATUS: Secure; range is expanding at expense of L. callotis and L. townsendi ( Flux and Angermann, 1990) .
SYNONYMS: altamirae Nelson, 1904; asellus Miller, 1899 ; bennettii Gray, 1843; curti Hall, 1951; depressus Hall and Witlow, 1932; deserticola Mearns, 1896; eremicus J. Allen, 1894; festinus Nelson, 1904 ; griseus Mearns, 1896 ; magdalenae Nelson, 1907; martirensis Stowell, 1895 ; melanotis Mearns, 1890 ; merriami Mearns, 1896 ; micropus J. Allen, 1903; richardsonii Bachman, 1839 ; sheldoni Burt, 1933; texianus Waterhouse, 1848 ; tularensis Merriam, 1904 ; vigilax Dice, 1926; wallawalla Merriam, 1904; xanti Thomas, 1898.
COMMENTS: Subgenus Proeulagus ( Gureev, 1964:193) .
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