Lepus callotis Wagler, 1830

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 815

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Lepus callotis Wagler, 1830 View in CoL . Natürliches Syst. Amphibien, p. 23.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Mexico "; restricted by Nelson (1909:122) to southern end of Mexican Tableland .

DISTRIBUTION: C Oaxaca ( Mexico) north discontinuously to SW New Mexico ( USA).

STATUS: Appears to be relatively rare; classified as "endangered" in U.S. ( Flux and Angermann, 1990).

SYNONYMS: battyi J. Allen, 1903; gaillardi Mearns, 1896 ; mexicanus Lichtenstein, 1830 ; nigricaudatus Bennett, 1833 .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Proeulagus ( Gureev, 1964:192) . Includes gaillardi and mexicanus ; see Anderson and Gaunt (1962) and Hall (1981: 328-330); but see also Gureev (1964:192, 195). Range allopatric to L. alleni , to which it is probably related.