Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839

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 : 205

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scientific name	Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839
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Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839 , J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8 (1): 90.

Type Locality: "...on the Walla-walla...river"; restricted by Nelson (1909:78) to Fort Walla Walla, [near present town of Wallula, Walla Walla Co., Washington].

Vernacular Names: White-tailed Jackrabbit.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lepus townsendii subsp. townsendii Bachman 1839

Subspecies Lepus townsendii subsp. campanius Hollister 1915

Distribution: C Alberta and Saskatchewan east to extreme SW Ontario ( Canada), south to SW Wisconsin, Iowa, NW Missouri, west through C Kansas to NC New Mexico, west to C Nevada, EC California ( USA) and north to SC British Columbia ( Canada).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Placed (as campestris ) in subgenus Proeulagus by Gureev (1964), or in Eulagos ( Averianov, 1998) . Reviewed by Lim (1987, Mammalian Species, 288).