Lepus californicus Gray 1837

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 : 196

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scientific name	Lepus californicus Gray 1837
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Lepus californicus 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).

Vernacular Names: Black-tailed Jackrabbit.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. californicus Gray 1837

Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. deserticola Mearns 1896

Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. insularis Bryant 1891

Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. magdalenae Nelson 1907

Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. melanotis Mearns 1890

Subspecies Lepus californicus subsp. texianus Waterhouse 1848

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.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Proeulagus ( Gureev, 1964:193) , or Eulagos ( Averianov, 1998) . Chromosomes described by Cervantes et al. (1999-2000). Reviewed by Best (1996, Mammalian Species, 530).