Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839

Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8 (1): 90.

Type Locality: "...on the Walla-walla...river"; restricted by Nelson (1909:78) to Fort Walla Walla, [near present town of Wallula, Walla Walla Co., Washington].

Vernacular Names: White-tailed Jackrabbit.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Lepus townsendii subsp. townsendii Bachman 1839

Subspecies Lepus townsendii subsp. campanius Hollister 1915

Distribution: C Alberta and Saskatchewan east to extreme SW Ontario (Canada), south to SW Wisconsin, Iowa, NW Missouri, west through C Kansas to NC New Mexico, west to C Nevada, EC California (USA) and north to SC British Columbia (Canada).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Placed (as campestris) in subgenus Proeulagus by Gureev (1964), or in Eulagos (Averianov, 1998) . Reviewed by Lim (1987, Mammalian Species, 288).