Species
Lepus californicus (Black-tailed jackrabbit)
Lepus californicus. Photo: (c) Valerie Norton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), also known as the American desert hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico, where it is found at elevations from sea level up to 10,000 ft (3,000 m). Reaching a length around 2 ft (61 cm), and a weight from 3 to 6 lb (1.4 to 2.7 kg), the black-tailed jackrabbit is the third-largest North American hare. Black-tailed jackrabbits occupy mixed shrub-grassland terrains. Their breeding depends on the location; it typically peaks…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
- Subclass: Theria (Therians)
- Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
- Order: Lagomorpha (Lagomorphs)
- Family: Leporidae (Hares and rabbits)
- Genus: Lepus (Hares and jackrabbits)
- Species: Lepus californicus (Black-tailed jackrabbit)
- Genus: Lepus (Hares and jackrabbits)
- Family: Leporidae (Hares and rabbits)
- Order: Lagomorpha (Lagomorphs)
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
- Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
- Subclass: Theria (Therians)
- Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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