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Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Species : Lepus insularis
The Black jackrabbit is listed as Near Threatened (Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the black jackrabbit
A young / baby of a black jackrabbit is called a 'bunny, kit, kitten, leveret or nestling'. The females are called 'doe or jill' and males 'buck or jack'. A black jackrabbit group is called a 'warren, nest, colony, bevy, bury, drove or trace'.Countries
Mexico
Facts about the black jackrabbit
, 1983) Black Jackrabbits are found all over the island in only the melanistic form.
California ground squirrels and black jackrabbits are abundant throughout Travis AFB.
Black Jackrabbit or Lepus insularis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Near Threatened . (Full text)
Range and Population The black jackrabbit is known only from Espiritu Santo Island in the Gulf of California. (Full text)