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--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS ? [see comments under species]
SPECIES Lepus (? [see comments under species]) townsendii
| Author: | Bachman, 1839. | | Citation: | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8(1): 90. | | Common Name: | White-tailed Jackrabbit | | 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]. | | 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). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Placed (as campestris) in subgenus Proeulagus by Gureev (1964), or in Eulagos (Averianov, 1998). Reviewed by Lim (1987, Mammalian Species, 288). |
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