Guide to kinds:

  1. Lepus callotis
  2. Lepus flavigularis
  3. Lepus gaillardi gaillardi
  4. Lepus gaillardi battyi
  5. Lepus alleni alleni
  6. Lepus alleni palitans
  7. Lepus alleni tiburonensis

Lepus flavigularis Wagner
Tehuantepec Jack Rabbit

1844. Lepus callotis var [gamma] flavigularis Wagner, Schreber's Säugthiere, Suppl., 4:106, type from México (probably near Tehuantepec City, Oaxaca).

1909. Lepus flavigularis, Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, 29:125, August 31.

Marginal records.—Oaxaca (Nelson, 1909:126): Santa Efigenia; San Mateo del Mar; Huilotepec.

Total length, 595; tail, 77; hind foot, 133; ear from notch (dry), 112. Upper parts bright ochraceous buff strongly washed with black; ears entirely buff; nape with black stripe extending back from base of each ear and median stripe of buff; flanks and underparts of body white; rump iron gray; tympanic bullae smaller than in any other Lepus of México.

Lepus gaillardi
Gaillard Jack Rabbit

Total length, 450-536; tail, 59-80; hind foot, 124-133; ear from notch (dry), 110-112. Coloration essentially as in Lepus callotis except that nape is plain buff, without a trace of black, and upper parts paler, more vinaceous buff.