Order Lagomorpha
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
185
211
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Lepus callotis
Wagler 1830
Lepus callotis
Wagler 1830
,
Naturliches Syst. Amphibien: 23
.
Type Locality:
"
Mexico
"; restricted by
Nelson (1909:122)
to southern end of Mexican Tableland.
Vernacular Names:
White-sided Jackrabbit
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Lepus callotis
subsp.
callotis
Wagler 1830
Subspecies
Lepus callotis
subsp.
gaillardi
Mearns 1896
Distribution:
C
Oaxaca
(
Mexico
) north discontinuously to SW
New Mexico
(
USA
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (nt).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Proeulagus
(
Gureev, 1964
)
, or
Macrotolagus
(
Averianov, 1998
). Includes
gaillardi
and
mexicanus
; see
Anderson and Gaunt (1962)
and
Hall (1981:328-330)
; but see also
Gureev (1964:192
, 195). Range allopatric with
L. alleni
, to which it is probably related. Karyotype reported by
Gonzalez and Cervantes (1996)
. Reviewed by
Best and Henry (1993
b
, Mammalian Species, 442).