Lepus nuttallii Bachman, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7:345, 1837.
Lepus artemisia Bachman, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8:94, 1839 (type from Wallula, Walla Walla County, Washington).
[Lepus sylvaticus] var. Nuttallii [Allen], Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 17:434, February 17, 1875.
Lepus sylvaticus Nuttalli True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 7:601, 1885.
Sylvilagus (Sylvilagus) nuttallii Lyon, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 45 (no. 1456):336, June 15, 1904.
Sylvilagus nuttalli [Nelson], N. A. Fauna, 29:201, August 31, 1909.
Type.—Obtained near mouth of Malheur River, Malheur County, Oregon. by T. Nuttall in August, 1834; type in Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
Measurements.—Two males and 4 females from Moses Lake, Grant County, average, respectively: total length 355, 348; length of tail 33, 35; hind foot 83, 83; ear 63.5, 60.
Distribution.—The Columbian Plateau, Okanogan Valley, Yakima Valley and Columbia Valley in southeastern Washington; in general, the sagebrush area of eastern Washington; north in the Okanogan River Valley to Oroville and in the Columbia Valley to Kettle Falls (W.W.D., records not all shown on map).