A Synopsis of the North American LagomorphaHall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha
Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Lagomorpha; Mammals -- North America
1941. _Ochotona princeps utahensis_ Hall and Hayward, Great Basin
Nat., 2:107, July 20, type from 2 mi. W Deer Lake, Garfield
County, Utah.
_Marginal records._--Utah: 9000 ft., Donkey Lake, Boulder Mtn.
(Durrant, MS); type locality.
OCHOTONA PRINCEPS VENTORUM A. H. Howell.
1919. _Ochotona uinta ventorum_ A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 32:106, May 20, type from Fremont Peak, Wind River
Mts., Fremont County, Wyoming.
1924. _Ochotona princeps ventorum_ A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna,
47:18, September 23.
_Marginal records._--Montana: Emigrant Peak (A. H. Howell, 1924:19);
Beartooth Mts. (_ibid._). Wyoming: 9600 ft., 19½ mi. E and 4½ mi. S
Shell (20882 KU); head of Trappers Creek (A. H. Howell, 1924:19);
Medicine Wheel Ranch, 28 mi. E Lovell (32919 KU); Needle Mtn. (A. H.
Howell, 1924:19); Lake Fork (_ibid._); 8450 ft., 17½ mi. S and 6½
mi. W Lander (37994 KU); Middle Piney Lake, "near" Stanley (A. H.
Howell, 1924:19); Salt River, 16 mi. S Afton (Hall and Bowlus,
1938:337); Teton Pass (A. H. Howell, 1924:19). Idaho: Teton Canyon
(Davis, 1939:349).
Family LEPORIDAE--Rabbits and Hares
Hind legs longer than forelegs; ears longer than wide; frontal bone
carrying supraorbital process consisting always of posterior arm and
sometimes of anterior arm; rostrum wide; nasals not wider anteriorly
than posteriorly; maxillae conspicuously fenestrated; jugal projecting
less than half way from zygomatic root of squamosal to external auditory
meatus (except in _Romerolagus_); pubic symphysis well marked; dental
formula, i. 2/1, c. 0/0, p. 3/2, m. 3/3 (but m. 2/3 in _Pentalagus_ of
Liu Kiu Islands south of Japan); second upper maxillary tooth like third
in form; last lower molar double; cutting edge of first upper incisor
straight; mental foramen of mandible situated under first lower
cheek-tooth. Females average larger than males in all members of this
family. (See Orr, 1940:20.) The reverse is true in most other families
of mammals.
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