Lepus callotis Wagler, 1830 . Natürliches Syst. Amphibien, p. 23.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Mexico "; restricted by Nelson (1909:122) to southern end of Mexican Tableland .

DISTRIBUTION: C Oaxaca (Mexico) north discontinuously to SW New Mexico (USA).

STATUS: Appears to be relatively rare; classified as "endangered" in U.S. (Flux and Angermann, 1990).

SYNONYMS: battyi J. Allen, 1903; gaillardi Mearns, 1896; mexicanus Lichtenstein, 1830; nigricaudatus Bennett, 1833 .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Proeulagus (Gureev, 1964:192) . Includes gaillardi and mexicanus; see Anderson and Gaunt (1962) and Hall (1981: 328-330); but see also Gureev (1964:192, 195). Range allopatric to L. alleni, to which it is probably related.