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).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 185-211 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 205, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519