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A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha
BY
E. RAYMOND HALL
University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History
Volume 5, No. 10, pp. 119-202, 68 figures in text
December 15, 1951
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1951
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A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha
BY
E. RAYMOND HALL
University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History
Volume 5, No. 10, pp. 119-202, 68 figures in text
December 15, 1951
University of Kansas
LAWRENCE
1951
University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History
Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard, Edward H. Taylor, Robert W. Wilson
Volume 5, No. 10, pp. 119-202, 68 figures in text
December 15, 1951
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The most popular small game mammal in nearly every part of North America is one or another of the species of rabbits or hares. The rabbit is one of the few species of wild game that still is hunted commercially and sold for food on the open market. The close association and repeated contact of man with these animals has resulted in his contracting such of their diseases as are transmissible to him. Consequently the rabbits and hares have figured in many investigations concerned with public health and medicine. Because the number of such investigations is increasing, there has been an increasing number of specimens of these animals submitted to mammalogists for identification; also, inquiries are received as to the degree of relationship between two or more of the named kinds of rabbits in which identical, or closely related, disease organisms have been found; other inquiries have to do with the degree of relationship of named kinds of rabbits and hares in widely separated parts of the continent.
The monographs to which the investigator could turn to obtain answers to some of these questions are Arthur H. Howell's "Revision of the American Pikas" (1924), and Edward H. Nelson's "The Rabbits of North America" (1909) published 27 and 42 years ago, respectively. These monographs are still excellent sources of detailed information, as, of course, also is Marcus Ward Lyon's "Classification of the Hares and their Allies" (1904). The acquisition of additional study specimens in recent years, however, has provided new data on the geographic occurrence of several species, and study of these specimens has given basis for a different arrangement of several named kinds of the lagomorphs. Two principal aims of the present synopsis, therefore, are to combine in one publication the current taxonomic arrangement and as much as is known of the geographic distribution of the several species and subspecies.
The maps herewith and listings of marginal localities are the means chosen to present the information on geographic distribution. The artificial key is supplemented by line drawings of skulls of certain species and by a minimum of text to aid the user of the key. The skulls are necessary for the identification of some species of the genus Sylvilagus. The skins, on the contrary, are essential for the identification of the species of the genus Lepus in central Mexico and in the Great Basin of the western United States. Consequently, it has been impossible to construct a key based on external characters only or on cranial features only. Furthermore, the only apparent differences between a given pair of species in one region may not be apparent in another region where the same two species occur together. A case in point is provided by Sylvilagus floridanus and Sylvilagus nuttallii where the Great Plains meet the eastern flank of the Rocky Mountains and where the Sonoran desert meets the southwestern flank of these mountains. The details are described by Hall and Kelson (1951:52, 53) and are indicated in the part of the accompanying artificial key that takes out the species Sylvilagus nuttallii. Because of this geographic change in specific characters and because of the slight amount of difference between certain species of leporids, I have frequently resorted to geography, instead of to morphology alone, in constructing the artificial key. Despite this fault of the key to the lagomorphs, it, and the accompanying account, I hope, will aid workers who need to identify kinds of lagomorphs and to know about their geographic distribution.
Another reason for presenting a synopsis of the lagomorphs at this time is that the presentation may bring suggestions for improvement in the arrangement of the kind of information presented here; an account along similar lines for all of the kinds of mammals native to North America is in prospect. Corrections of, and additions to, the material presented here will be welcomed and I shall be especially grateful for suggestions as to a more useful arrangement of the data.
In arranging the families, genera and species the aim has been, in each category, to list the most primitive members first and to list last the one which presents the highest total of specialization. The term total of specialization is used here, as Miller (1924:2) used it, to denote the sum of the physical modifications which any mammal, or taxonomic category of mammals, is supposed by the author to have undergone during the course of its development away from its original or generalized mammalian stock.
Subspecies of any one species are arranged alphabetically. On the maps, of course, the subspecies are shown in their correct geographic positions.
For each subspecies, or species if it has not been divided into subspecies, there is given (1) the accepted scientific name (selected in accordance with the rules of the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature); (2) a citation to the account in which the terminal part of the name was first proposed (the original description of zoological parlance) followed by a statement of the type locality; (3) a citation to the account in which the combination of names (generic, specific and subspecific) used in the present account first was employed unless the name combination used here is the same as that in the original description; (4) synonyms arranged in chronological order, and (5) marginal record stations of occurrence.
These marginal records are arranged in clockwise order beginning with the northernmost locality. If more than one of the marginal localities lies on the line of latitude that is northernmost for a given kind of mammal, the westernmost of these is recorded first. The marginal localities that are represented by symbols on the corresponding distribution map are in Roman type. Italic type is used for those marginal localities that could not be represented by symbols on the map because undue crowding, or overlapping, of the symbols would have occurred. An understanding of how these localities are arranged and knowledge as to which of these localities are shown on the map will permit a person to associate any symbol on a map with its corresponding place name.
Measurements are in millimeters unless otherwise indicated. Capitalized color terms are after Ridgway (Color Standards and Color Nomenclature, Washington, D. C., 1912), and uncapitalized terms refer to no particular color standard. Several of the drawings of skulls were reproduced originally in the "Mammals of Nevada" (Hall, 1946) and I am grateful to the University of California Press for permission to use them here. Those drawings were made by Miss Viola Memmler. The other drawings are the work of Mrs. Frieda Abernathy, Mrs. Diane (Danley) Sandidge, and Mrs. Virginia (Cassel) Unruh. Initials on the drawings identify the individual's work. The study here reported upon was aided by a contract between the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, and the University of Kansas (NR 161-791). Also, assistance with some of the field work was given by the Kansas University Endowment Association and by Dr. Curt von Wedel. For the corrected dates on several publications I am indebted to Dr. A. Remington Kellogg. For assistance with the organization of the data for the present account I am grateful to several persons, especially to my wife, Mary F. Hall, and to Dr. Keith R. Kelson.
Families and genera revised by Lyon, Smithsonian Miscl. Coll., 45:321-447, June 15, 1904. For taxonomic status of group see Gidley, Science, n. s., 36:285-286, August 30, 1912.
The order Lagomorpha is old in the geological sense; fossilized bones and teeth of both pikas and rabbits are known from deposits of Oligocene age and even at that early time the structural features distinguishing these animals from other orders were well developed.
A noteworthy character of the order is the presence of four upper incisor teeth (instead of only two as in the Rodentia); also, the fibula is ankylosed to the tibia and articulates with the calcaneum. Each of the first upper incisors has a longitudinal groove on its anterior face.
All lagomorphs are herbivorous. They eat principally leaves and non-woody stems although the bark of sprouts and bushes is taken as second choice by rabbits and hares.
Correlation of structure and function is well illustrated among the lagomorphs by the means which the different species employ to detect and escape from their enemies. A gradient series is evident in which the pikas and jack rabbits are the extremes. The black-tailed jack rabbit, for example, in relation to size of the entire animal, has the longest ears and longest hind legs. This kind of lagomorph takes alarm when an enemy, for example, a coyote, is yet a long way off. The jack rabbit seeks safety in running; even when being overtaken by a pursuer that is close behind, the jack rabbit still relies on its running ability instead of entering thick brush or a hole in the ground where its larger-sized pursuer would be unable to follow. A cottontail has shorter ears and shorter hind legs. It allows the enemy to approach more closely than the jack rabbit does before running, and then, although relying in some measure on its running ability for escape, flees to a burrow or thicket for safety from its pursuer. The brush rabbit with ears and hind legs shorter than those of the cottontail seldom if ever ventures farther than 45 feet away from the edge of dense cover. After an enemy is near, the brush rabbit has merely to scamper back into the brush. Still shorter of ear and hind leg is the pigmy rabbit which ventures outside its burrow to feed only among the tall and closely-spaced bushes of sagebrush among which its burrow is dug. Detection of the slightest movement of an enemy on the opposite side of the bush sends the pigmy rabbit, in one or a few jumps, into the mouth of its burrow and, if need be, below ground. The pika, with the shortest ears and legs of all, lives in the rock slides and has to do little more than drop off the top of a rock into a space between the broken rocks when an enemy is detected near enough to the pika to have a chance of seizing it.
The number of molts in a year, depending on the kind of lagomorph, varies in adults from one (according to Nelson, 1909:31) in the cottontails (genus Sylvilagus) to as many as three (according to Lyman, 1943, and Severaid, 1945) in the varying hare (Lepus americanus). Difficulties that I have experienced in attempting to account for the variations in color and wear of the pelage of the pika, Ochotona princeps, on the basis of two molts per year, make me wonder if it, too, has three molts. Lepus townsendii certainly has at least two molts per year.
Key to Families and Genera of Lagomorpha
Certain characters in which this family differs from the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) are: hind legs scarcely longer than forelegs; ears short, approximately as wide as high; no postorbital process on frontal; rostrum slender; nasals widest anteriorly; maxilla not conspicuously fenestrated; jugal long and projecting far posteriorly to zygomatic arm of squamosal; no pubic symphysis; one less cheek-tooth above, the dental formula being i. 2/1, c. 0/0, p. 3/2, m. 2/3; second upper maxillary tooth unlike third in form; last lower molar simple (not double) or absent (in the extinct genus Oreolagus); cutting edge of first upper incisor V-shaped; mental foramen situated under last lower molar.
Revised by A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:1-57, August 21, 1924.
1795. Ochotona Link, Beyträge zur Naturgesch, I (pt. 2):74. Type, Lepus ogotona Pallas.
Characters.—Five teeth (excluding incisor) in lower jaw; first cheek-tooth (p3) with more than one re-entrant angle; columns of lower molars angular internally; transverse width of any one column of a lower molariform tooth more than double the width of the neck connecting it to the other column.
1799. Pika Lacépède, Tableau des Divisions &c., Mamm., p. 9. Type, Lepus alpinus Pallas.
1904. Pika, Lyon, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 45:438, June 15.
Characters.—Skull flattened; interorbital region wide; maxillary orifice roundly triangular; palatal foramina separate from anterior palatine foramina.
All of the living members of the family Ochotonidae belong to this genus. American pikas all belong to the subgenus Pika, which occurs also in Eurasia.
The distribution is boreal and the animals live in talus. This broken rock at the foot of a cliff provides interstices in which the animals live and store grass and herbs. These plant materials are cut for food and stacked in piles to dry in the sun, often beneath slabs of rock which protect the hay-piles from rain. Pikas are diurnal, active throughout the year, and have a characteristic call, "chickck-chickck." Young number two to five per litter.
Key to Nominal Species of Ochotona
1893. Lagomys collaris Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 8:117, December 21, type from near head of Tanana River, Alaska.
1897. [Ochotona] collaris, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium ..., p. 648
Marginal records.—Alaska: Mt. McKinley (A. H. Howell, 1924:36). Yukon: head of Coal Creek, Ogilvie Mountains (ibid.). Mackenzie: mile 63E on Little Keel River, Canol Road (Anderson, 1947:94). Yukon: Macmillan Pass, mile 282, Canol Road (ibid.); Ross River, mile 96, Canol Road (ibid.); vic. Teslin Lake (A. H. Howell, 1924:36). British Columbia: Tagish Lake (ibid.); Stonehouse Creek, 5-1/2 mi. W jct. Stonehouse Creek and Kelsall River (29088 KU). Alaska: Tanana River (A. H. Howell, 1924:36).
Upper parts Drab to Light Drab; underparts creamy white; grayish patch on nape and shoulders; skull broad; tympanic bullae large; total length 189; hind foot, 30.
Total length, 162-216; hind foot, 25-35; weight of O. p. tulelata, 6 ♂ 121 (108-128), 2 ♀ 121 and 129 grams. Upper parts varying from grayish to Cinnamon-Buff depending on the subspecies; underparts with wash of buff. Eight Nevadan females had an average of 3.1 (2-4) embryos. The mode was 3.
Ochotona princeps albata Grinnell.
1912. Ochotona albatus Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 10:125, January 31, type from 11,000 ft., near Cottonwood Lakes, Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, California.
Marginal records (A. H. Howell, 1924:45).—California: Bullfrog Lake; 10,000 ft., Independence Creek; type locality; Mineral King, E. Fork Kaweah River.
Ochotona princeps brooksi A. H. Howell.
1924. Ochotona princeps brooksi A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:30, August 21, type from Sicamous, British Columbia.
Marginal records.—British Columbia: Mountains E Shuswap Lake (Anderson, 1947:95); type locality; McGillivary Creek, Lillooet Dist. (A. H. Howell, 1924:31).
Ochotona princeps brunnescens A. H. Howell.
1919. Ochotona fenisex brunnescens A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32:108, May 20, type from Keechelus, Kittitas County, Washington.
1924. Ochotona princeps brunnescens A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:31, September 23.
Marginal records.—British Columbia: Alta Lake (Anderson, 1947:95); Hope, Lake House (A. H. Howell, 1924:33). Washington: Whatcom Pass (Dalquest, 1948:380); Stevens Pass (A. H. Howell, 1924:33); Cowlitz Pass (Dalquest, 1948:380). Oregon: Mt. Hood (A. H. Howell, 1924:33); Crater Lake (ibid.); Mt. McLoughlin (V. Bailey, 1936:116); Diamond Lake (A. H. Howell, 1924:33). Washington: Tumtum Mtn. (Dalquest, 1948:380); Mt. Index (A. H. Howell, 1924:33). British Columbia: Chilliwack (ibid.); Vancouver (ibid.).
Ochotona princeps cinnamomea J. A. Allen.
1905. Ochotona cinnamomea J. A. Allen, Mus. Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sci., Sci. Bull., 1:121, March 31, type from 11,000 ft., Briggs [=Britts] Meadows, Beaver Range, Beaver County, Utah (5 mi. by road W Puffer Lake, according to Hardy, Jour. Mamm., 26:432, February 12, 1946). Known from type locality only.
1934. Ochotona princeps cinnamomea, Hall, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 47:103, June 13.
Ochotona princeps clamosa Hall and Bowlus.
1938. Ochotona princeps clamosa Hall and Bowlus, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 42:335, October 12, type from 8400 ft., north rim Copenhagen Basin, Bear Lake County, Idaho.
Marginal records.—Idaho: type locality; Deep Lake, Bear River Mts. (Hall and Bowlus, 1938:336) 2 mi. E Strawberry Creek Ranger Station, Wasatch Mts. (Davis, 1939:352).
Ochotona princeps cuppes Bangs.
1899. Ochotona cuppes Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 1:40, June 5, type from 4000 ft., Monashee Divide, Gold Range, British Columbia.
1924. Ochotona princeps cuppes, A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:27, September 23.
Marginal records.—British Columbia: Glacier (A. H. Howell, 1924:28); Nelson (Anderson, 1947:95). Idaho: Cabinet Mts. (Davis, 1939:348). Washington: Sullivan Lake (A. H. Howell, 1924:28). British Columbia: Rossland (ibid.); type locality.
Ochotona princeps fenisex Osgood.
1913. Ochotona fenisex Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 26:80, March 22 (substitute for minimus Lord, type from 7000 ft., Ptarmigan Hill, near head of Ashnola River, Cascade Range, British Columbia).
1924. Ochotona princeps fenisex, A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:28, September 23.
1863. Lagomys minimus Lord, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 98. (Not of Schinz, 1821.)
1899. Ochotona minimus, Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 1:39, June 5.
Marginal records.—British Columbia: Okanagan (A. H. Howell, 1924:30). Washington: Horseshoe Basin, "near" Mt. Chopaka (ibid.); mts. near Wenatchee (ibid.); Steamboat Mtn. (Dalquest, 1948:380); Easton (ibid.); Lyman Lake (ibid.); Barron (A. H. Howell, 1924:30). British Columbia: Tulameen (ibid.); 2500 ft., mts. W Okanagan Lake (ibid.).
Ochotona princeps figginsi J. A. Allen.
1912. Ochotona figginsi J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 31:103, May 28, type from Pagoda Peak, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
1924. Ochotona princeps figginsi, A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:21, September 23.
Marginal records (A. H. Howell, 1924:22).—Wyoming: Bridger Peak, Sierra Madre. Colorado: Mt. Zirkel; Trappers Lake; Crested Butte; Irwin; type locality; Sand Mtn., 9 mi. SW Hahns Peak P. O.
Ochotona princeps fumosa A. H. Howell.
1919. Ochotona fenisex fumosa A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32:109, May 20, type from Permilia Lake, W base Mt. Jefferson, Linn County, Oregon.
1924. Ochotona princeps fumosa A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:33, September 23.
Marginal records (A. H. Howell, 1924:34).—Oregon: About 900 ft., 15 mi. above Estacada; Paulina Lake; Three Sisters; Lost Creek Ranger Station, 10 mi. SE McKenzie Bridge.
Ochotona princeps fuscipes A. H. Howell.
1919. Ochotona schisticeps fuscipes A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32:110, May 20, type from Brian Head, Parowan Mts., Iron County, Utah.
1941. O[chotona]. p[rinceps]. fuscipes, Hall and Hayward, The Great Basin Naturalist, 2:108, July 20.
Marginal records.—Utah: type locality; 9000 ft., Duck Creek (Durrant, MS).
Ochotona princeps goldmani A. H. Howell.
1924. Ochotona schisticeps goldmani A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:40, September 23, type from Echo Crater, Snake River Desert, 20 mi. SW Arco, Idaho.
1938. Ochotona princeps goldmani, Hall and Bowlus, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 42:337, October 12.
Marginal records.—Idaho: S base Grassy Cone (Davis, 1939:350); type locality; Fissure Crater (A. H. Howell, 1924:41); Great Owl Cavern (Davis, 1939:350).
Ochotona princeps howelli Borell.
1931. Ochotona princeps howelli Borell, Jour. Mamm., 12:306, August 24, type from 7500 ft., near head of Bear Creek, summit of Smith Mtn., S end Seven Devils Mts., Adams County, Idaho.
Marginal records.—Idaho: 1/2 mi. E Black Lake (Davis, 1939:350); type locality.
Ochotona princeps incana A. H. Howell.
1919. Ochotona saxatilis incana A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32:107, May 20, type from 12,000 ft., Pecos Baldy, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
1924. Ochotona princeps incana A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:25, September 23.
Marginal records.—Colorado: Medano Creek (A. H. Howell, 1924:25). New Mexico: Wheeler Peak (V. Bailey, 1932:64); type locality.
Ochotona princeps jewetti A. H. Howell.
1919. Ochotona schisticeps jewetti A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32:109, May 20, type from head of Pine Creek, near Cornucopia, S slope Wallowa Mts., Baker County, Oregon.
Marginal records (A. H. Howell, 1924:42).—Oregon: Wallowa Lake; Cornucopia, near head East Pine Creek; Anthony; Strawberry Butte; Austin.
Ochotona princeps lemhi A. H. Howell.
1919. Ochotona uinta lemhi A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32:106, May 20, type from Lemhi Mountains, 10 mi. W Junction, Lemhi County, Idaho.
1924. Ochotona princeps lemhi A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:16, September 23.
Marginal records.—Idaho: Elk Summit, about 15 mi. SE Warren (A. H. Howell, 1924:18); mts. E of Leadore (ibid.); mts. E of Birch Creek (ibid.); Ketchum (ibid.); Stanley Lake (ibid.); 5 mi. W Cape Horn (Davis, 1939:348).
Ochotona princeps levis Hollister.
1912. Ochotona levis Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 25:57, April 13, type from Chief Mountain [= Waterton] Lake, Alberta.
1924. Ochotona princeps levis, A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:16, September 23.
Marginal records (A. H. Howell, 1924:16).—Alberta: type locality. Montana: Little Belt Mts.; Belt Mts.; Chief Mountain Lake.
Ochotona princeps lutescens A. H. Howell.
1919. Ochotona princeps lutescens A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32:105, May 20, type from approximately 8000 ft., Mount Inglismaldie, near Banff, Alberta.
Marginal records.—Alberta: Mistaya Creek, Banff-Jasper Highway (Anderson, 1947:96); Canmore (A. H. Howell, 1924:15); Mt. Forget-me-not, 50 to 75 mi. SW Calgary (ibid.).
Ochotona princeps moorei Gardner.
1950. Ochotona princeps moorei Gardner, Jour. Washington Acad. Sci., 40:344, October 23, 1950, type from 10,000 ft., 1 mi. NE Baldy Ranger Station, Manti Nat'l Forest, Sanpete County, Utah. Known from type locality only.
Ochotona princeps muiri Grinnell and Storer.
1916. Ochotona schisticeps muiri Grinnell and Storer, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 17:6, August 23, type from 9300 ft., Ten Lakes, Yosemite Nat'l Park, California.
1934. Ochotona princeps muiri, Hall, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 47:103, June 13.
Marginal records.—Nevada (Hall, 1946:593): 8500 ft., 3 mi. S Mt. Rose, California (A. H. Howell, 1924:44): Markleeville; mts. W Bishop Creek; Washburn Lake; Latitude 39°, summit of Sierra.
Ochotona princeps nevadensis A. H. Howell.
1919. Ochotona uinta nevadensis A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32:107, May 20, type from 10,500 ft., Ruby Mts., SW Ruby Valley P. O., Elko County, Nevada.
1924. Ochotona princeps nevadensis A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:21, September 23.
Marginal records.—Nevada: 7830 ft., Long Creek (Hall, 1946:590); type locality.
Ochotona princeps nigrescens V. Bailey.
1913. Ochotona nigrescens V. Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 26:133, May 21, type from 10,000 ft., Jemez Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.
1924. Ochotona princeps nigrescens, A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:26, September 23.
Marginal records (A. H. Howell, 1924:26).—Colorado: Upper Navajo River; Osier. New Mexico: type locality. Colorado: Navajo Peaks.
Ochotona princeps princeps (Richardson).
1828. Lepus (Lagomys) princeps Richardson, Zool. Jour., 3:520, type from headwaters of Athabaska River, near Athabaska Pass, Alberta.
1897. [Ochotona] princeps, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium, p. 648.
Marginal records.—British Columbia: headwaters South Pine River (Anderson, 1947:95). Alberta: Muskeg Creek "about" 60 mi. N Jasper House (ibid.). British Columbia: Morrissey (ibid.). Montana: mts. near St. Marys Lake (A. H. Howell, 1924:14); mts. 15 mi. E Corvallis (ibid.); Lake Como, Bitterroot Mts. (ibid.). Idaho: Coeur d' Alene Nat'l Forest (Rust, 1946:322). British Columbia: Mt. Evans, "near" Cranbrook (A. H. Howell, 1924:14); Spillamacheen River (ibid.)
Ochotona princeps saxatilis Bangs.
1899. Ochotona saxatilis Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 1:41, June 5, type from Montgomery, "near" Mt. Lincoln, Park County, Colorado.
1924. Ochotona princeps saxatilis, A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:23, September 23.
Marginal records (A. H. Howell, 1924:24, except as otherwise noted).—Wyoming: Medicine Bow Mts.; just above Centennial in mts. (Martin, 1943:394). Colorado: Estes Park; Pikes Peak; Silverton. Utah: La Sal Mts. Colorado: Crystal Lake, 5 mi. W Lake City; Middle Brush Creek; Ten Mile Creek; Berthoud Pass; Irwin Lakes (A. H. Howell, loc. cit.) not found.
Ochotona princeps schisticeps (Merriam).
1889. Lagomys schisticeps Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 2:11, October 30, type from Donner, Placer County, California.
1936. Ochotona princeps schisticeps, A. H. Miller, Jour. Mamm., 17:174, May 18.
1897. Ochotona schisticeps Merriam, Mazama, 1:223, October.
Marginal records.—Nevada (Hall, 1946:590): 12 mi. E and 3 mi. N Ft. Bidwell, 5700 ft.; 8400-8600 ft., Duffer Peak, Pine Forest Mts. California (A. H. Howell, 1924:39): Tahoe; Donner Pass; 12 mi. NE Prattville; Lassen Peak; Mt. Shasta.
Ochotona princeps septentrionalis Cowan and Racey.
1947. Ochotona princeps septentrionalis Cowan and Racey, Canadian Field-Nat., 60:102, March 17, type from 6500 ft., Itcha Mountains, 52° 45´ N lat., 125° W long., British Columbia. Known from type locality only.
Ochotona princeps sheltoni Grinnell.
1918. Ochotona schisticeps sheltoni Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 17:429, April 25, type from 11,000 ft., "near" Big Prospector Meadow, White Mountains, Mono County, California.
1946. Ochotona princeps sheltoni, Hall, Mammals of Nevada, p. 593, July 1.
Marginal records.—Nevada: 8700 ft., Pinchot Creek (Hall, 1946:593). California: type locality.
Ochotona princeps taylori Grinnell.
1912. Ochotona taylori Grinnell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 25:129, July 31, type from 9000 ft., Warren Peak, Warner Mts., Modoc Co., Calif.
Marginal records (V. Bailey, 1936:113, unless otherwise noted).—Oregon: N end of Steens Mts.; Guano Valley; Jack Lake, 20 mi. NE Adel; Adel. California (A. H. Howell, 1924:40): type locality; 5400 ft., "near" Termo, Madeline Plains; nr. head Little Shasta Riv. Oregon: Lower Klamath Lake.
Ochotona princeps tutelata Hall.