Pictures and facts about the Black-tailed jackrabbit

Black-tailed jackrabbit

Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Species : Lepus californicus

 

The Black-tailed jackrabbit is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the black-tailed jackrabbit

Lepus californicus is a member of the lagomorphs, that peculiar order consisting of the rabbits and hares.

Pound for pound, the black-tailed jackrabbit is the greatest of all Oklahoma long-jump champions.

The black-tailed jackrabbit is a member of the hare family.

Because of their advanced sense of smell, large rotating ears, and eyes set far back on their heads, black-tailed jackrabbits are superbly adapted to life in open areas.

Black-tailed jackrabbits are great hunting because they never go down a hole and will keep running until either you shoot them, your Beagles catch them, or your Beagles lose the scent trail.

Range Of these, only the Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) is a desert dweller, inhabiting all 4 southwestern deserts.

The Black-tailed Jackrabbit is commonly seen on pasture and waste land during the day, though it is predominantly nocturnal in its habits.

Black-Tailed Jackrabbit or Lepus californicus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . (Full text)

… The Black-tailed Jackrabbit spends most of its day resting in a scratched-out hollow in …Jack Rabbits - DesertUSA… Of these, only the Black-tailed Jack Rabbit (Lepus californicus) is a … The Black-tailed Jack Rabbit is 18 to 25 inches long and is colored buff …Jack rabbitBlack-tailed jack rabbit - LEPUS CALIFORNICUS. (Full text)

Black-tailed Jackrabbits are most active in cooler parts of the day or at night, sleeping during the summer heat in shady areas and wind-shielding brush in winter. (Full text)

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Black-tailed jackrabbit is camouflaged in the weeds Print by Bates Littlehales at Art. (Full text)

Although it is called a rabbit, the black-tailed jackrabbit is really a hare. (Full text)

Black-tailed jackrabbits are common on the open plains of the West. (Full text)

The Snowshoe (or Varying hare) is known as the Snowshoe Rabbit Range Of these, only the Black-tailed Jack Rabbit (Lepus californicus) is a desert dweller, inhabiting all 4 southwestern deserts. (Full text)

Lepus Californicus is not a member of any public groups (Full text)

Of these, only the Black-tailed Jack Rabbit ( Lepus californicus) is a desert dweller, inhabiting all 4 southwestern deserts. (Full text)

Lepus californicus The Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus, is the common hare of the western United States and Mexico, found at heights of up to 3000m. (Full text)

The Black-tailed jackrabbit is commonly seen on pasture and waste land during the day, though it is predominantly nocturnal in its habits. (Full text)

The black-tailed jackrabbit is not really a rabbit, it is a hare because its young are born with fur and with their eyes open. (Full text)

Black-tailed jackrabbit is camouflaged in the weeds Giclee Print (Full text)

Black-tailed jackrabbits are often involved in vehicle collisions because their attraction to roadside vegetation (Clark 1987). (Full text)

CHARACTERISTIC / DESCRIPTION Black-tailed jackrabbits are members of the hare family. (Full text)

Black-tailed jackrabbits are mostly nocturnal. (Full text)

Black-tailed jackrabbits are very lean animals, with long, translucent ears and a black stripe down the back. (Full text)

Lepus californicus is found in all areas of New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri (Whitaker 2000). (Full text)

1. blacktail jackrabbit, Lepus californicus -- (the common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United States; has large black-tipped ears and black streak on the tail)
blacktail jackrabbit
Lepus californicus
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