Lepus alleni Mearns, 1890 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2:294.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Rillito Station [Pima Co.] Arizona " [USA] .

DISTRIBUTION: SC Arizona (USA) to N Nayarit and Tiburon Isl (Mexico).

STATUS: Populations appear stable in Arizona, but in Mexico require investigation (Flux and Angermann, 1990).

SYNONYMS: palitans Bangs, 1900; tiburonensis Townsend, 1912.

COMMENTS: Placed in Caprolagus (Macrotolagus) by Gureev (1964:155). Probably related to callotis, but recognized as a distinct species by Hall (1981:331).