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1855. _Lepus was.h.i.+ngtonii_ Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.

Philadelphia, 7:333, type from Steilacoom, Was.h.i.+ngton.

1875. _Lepus america.n.u.s_ var. _was.h.i.+ngtoni_, J. A. Allen, Proc.

Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 18:431, February 17.

_Marginal records_ (Dalquest, 1942:175, unless otherwise noted).--British Columbia (Nelson, 1909:107): Sumas; Chilliwack.

Was.h.i.+ngton: _Mt. Vernon_; Lake Kapowsin; White Salmon. Oregon: Drew; Florence; _Tillamook_. Was.h.i.+ngton: Sekiu River.

=Lepus othus=

Alaskan Hare

Total length, 565-690; tail, 53-104; hind foot, 147-189; ear from notch (dry), 75-78. Color brownish in summer; white in winter; but tips of ears always black. General comparisons indicate that this is the species which, in Eurasia, bears the name _Lepus timidus_.

LEPUS OTHUS OTHUS Merriam.

1900. _Lepus othus_ Merriam, Proc. Was.h.i.+ngton Acad. Sci., 2:28, March 14, type from St. Michael, Norton Sound, Alaska.

_Marginal records._--Alaska (A. H. Howell, 1936:334): Kotzebue Sound; mts. NW Nulato River; Akiak; 75 mi. below Bethel; thence N along coast.

LEPUS OTHUS POADROMUS Merriam.

1900. _Lepus poadromus_ Merriam, Proc. Was.h.i.+ngton Acad. Sci., 2:29, March 14, type from Stepovak Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska.

1936. _Lepus othus poadromus_, A. H. Howell, Jour. Mamm., 17:334, November 16.

_Marginal records._--Alaska (A. H. Howell, 1936:335): Nus.h.a.gak; Kawatna Bay, Shelikof Strait; _Cold Bay_; _Chignik_; _type locality_; _Sand Point_; 15 mi. W Pavlof Mtn.

=Lepus arcticus=

Arctic Hare

Revised by A. H. Howell, Jour. Mamm., 17:315-332, November 16, 1936.

For the taxonomic status of the technical names _arcticus_ and _glacialis_ see Rhoads, Amer. Nat., 30:234-235, March, 1896; Merriam, Science, n. s., 3:564-565, April 10, 1896; Rhoads, Science, n. s., 3:843-845, June 5, 1896; Merriam, Science, n. s., 3:845, June 5, 1896.

Total length, 480-678; tail, 34-80; hind foot, 132-174; ear from notch (dry), 70-84. Upper parts gray in summer in southern subspecies; in others white; in winter white in all subspecies, except black tips of ears. Weights of lean individuals reach 12 pounds. Hopping on the hind feet without touching the forefeet to the ground has repeatedly been recorded for this species. There are four to eight young in a litter.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 45. Distribution of _Lepus othus_ and _Lepus arcticus_.

1. _L. o. othus_ 2. _L. o. poadromus_ 3. _L. a. groenlandicus_ 4. _L. a. porsildi_ 5. _L. a. monstrabilis_ 6. _L. a. arcticus_ 7. _L. a. andersoni_ 8. _L. a. labradorius_ 9. _L. a. bangsi_ ]

LEPUS ARCTICUS ARCTICUS Ross.

1819. _Lepus arcticus_ Ross, Voyage of Discovery, ed. 2, vol. 2, appendix 4, p. 151, type locality Possession Bay, Bylot Island, lat. 73 37' N.

1819. _Lepus glacialis_ Leach, in Ross, Voyage of Discovery, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 170, type locality same as for _Lepus arcticus_ Ross.

_Marginal records._--Franklin: type locality; Egukjuak, 8 mi. E Pond Inlet, Baffin Island (A. H. Howell, 1936:322); W coast Baffin Island, 67 30' (Anderson, 1947:96); Winter Island, Melville Peninsula (A. H. Howell, 1936:321); Repulse Bay, Melville Peninsula (_ibid._)

LEPUS ARCTICUS ANDERSONI Nelson.