Ochotona princeps brunnescens A. H. [Howell], N. Amer. Fauna. 47:31, August 21, 1924.
Type.—Obtained by George G. Cantwell at Lake Keechelus, Kittitas County, Washington, on August 23, 1917; type in United States National Museum.
Racial characters.—Largest and darkest of the three races of Washington pikas; total length 8 inches or more; color of upper parts rich cinnamon, heavily washed with blackish; posterior part of back slightly paler; underparts buffy cinnamon; skull large and heavy with wide zygomatic arches but relatively narrow interorbital region and relatively narrow across maxillary tooth rows.
Measurements.—Eight males and 9 females from within three miles of Stevens Pass, King and Chelan counties, average, respectively: total length 201.8, 208.3; hind foot 33.3, 33.0; ear 22.3, 22.6. The average weights of 4 males and 3 females from 3 mi. S E Tumtum Mountain, Clark County, are 178.0 and 174.3 grams, respectively.
Distribution.—From the British Columbia boundary south to the Columbia River and from the western Cascades east to the area of intergradation with fenisex. Marginal occurrences are: Whatcom Pass (U.S.N.M.), Stevens Pass (W.W.D.), Keechelus (U.S.N.M.), Cowlitz Pass (U.S.N.M.), Tumtum Mountain (M.V.Z.).
Lepus townsendii townsendii Bachman
White-tailed jack rabbit
Lepus townsendii Bachman, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8 (pt. 1):90, pl. 2, 1839.
Lepus campestris townsendi [Merriam], Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 17:132, July 14, 1904.
Lepus townsendii townsendii Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 28:70, March 12, 1915.
Type.—Obtained by J. K. [Townsend] at old Fort Walla Walla (present town of Wallula), Walla Walla County, Washington; type in Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.