Order Lagomorpha Author Robert S. Hoffmann text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 807 827 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353088 1-56098-217-9 7353088 Lepus othus Merriam, 1900 . Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 2:28 . TYPE LOCALITY: "St. Michaels, [Norton Sound], Alaska ." [ USA ]. DISTRIBUTION: W and SW Alaska ( USA ); formerly perhaps northwestward to Pt. Barrow; as here interpreted, also E Chukotsk ( Russia ). STATUS: Rare, perhaps decreasing in range and numbers ( Flux and Angermann, 1990 ). SYNONYMS: poadromus Merriam, 1900; tschuktschorum Nordquist, 1883. COMMENTS: Formerly included in arcticus or timidus (see comments therein). Regarded as distinct by Hall (1981) and by Flux and Angermann (1990) , who, however, followed A. J. Baker et al. (1983) in allying populations from E Chukotsk ( Russia ) with Alaskan populations; but see also Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) . Angermann (in litt., 1992) considered othus as "probably conspecific" with timidus .