Lepus alleni Mearns, 1890

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 814

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scientific name	Lepus alleni Mearns, 1890
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Lepus alleni Mearns, 1890 View in CoL . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2:294.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Rillito Station [Pima Co.] Arizona " [ USA] .

DISTRIBUTION: SC Arizona ( USA) to N Nayarit and Tiburon Isl ( Mexico).

STATUS: Populations appear stable in Arizona, but in Mexico require investigation ( Flux and Angermann, 1990).

SYNONYMS: palitans Bangs, 1900; tiburonensis Townsend, 1912.

COMMENTS: Placed in Caprolagus (Macrotolagus) by Gureev (1964:155). Probably related to callotis , but recognized as a distinct species by Hall (1981:331).