Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
Description The Black-tailed Jackrabbit is a large, long-eared rabbit of the open grasslands and desert scrub of the West.
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Relatives in same Genus
Snowshoe Hare (L. americanus)
Arctic Hare (L. arcticus)
Alaskan Hare (L. othus)
White-tailed Jackrabbit (L. townsendii) ...
The Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) is widespread across much of the western United States and Mexico. It is common over much of Texas. The 5 top shots here were all taken in Kenedy Co.
BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT
The black-tailed jackrabbit is actually a hare, not a rabbit. It is distinguished by its huge, oversized ears, which allow it to hear the faintest sounds and stay cool during the day.
HABITS ...
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Order Lagomorpha : Family Leporidae : Lepus californicus Gray ...
Diet The black-tailed jackrabbit rests during the day and feeds in the late afternoon and the night. In the summer it eats a wide-variety of green plants. A favorite food is alfalfa. In the winter it eats dried and woody plants.
Black-tailed Jackrabbit on Big Bend National Park
The black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) is found throughout the western United States in the desert, open plains, and foothills. The jackrabbit is actually not a rabbit, but a hare.
Black-tailed jackrabbits range in length from eighteen to twenty-five inches with the female generally larger than the male. They weigh between six and eight pounds.
Black-tailed jackrabbits are really hares, meaning they are larger and leaner than rabbits, have longer legs, and have black tips on their ears.
Black-tailed jackrabbits are common in American deserts, scrublands, and other open spaces, including farms. They can consume very large quantities of grasses and plants-including desert species such as sagebrush and cacti.
The Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus californicus, a native of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, can be found in grassy open areas in the Miami area, particularly around Miami International Airport.
Big Ears: The Black-tailed Jackrabbit has unmistakable long ears, and the long powerful rear legs characteristic of hares.
Notes on body size of black-tailed jackrabbits. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 61:109-110. Bronson, F. H., and O. W. Tiemeier 1958. Notes on crop damage by jackrabbits. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 61:226-228. Bronson, F. H., and O. W. Tiemeier 1958.
728 Mesquite-granjeno-acacia 727 Mesquite-buffalograss 729 Mesquite 730 Sand shinnery oak 733 Juniper-oak 734 Mesquite-oak 735 Sideoats grama-sumac-juniper 802 Missouri prairie 803 Missouri glades PLANT COMMUNITIES : The black-tailed jackrabbit ...
black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
bobcat (Lynx rufus rufus)
Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis cynocephala)
Carolina beaver (Castor canadensis carolinensis) ...
Subgenus Proeulagus: Black-tailed Jackrabbit (L. californicus) Â- White-sided Jackrabbit (L. callotis) Â- Cape Hare (L. capensis) Â- Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (L. flavigularis) Â- Black Jackrabbit (L. insularis) Â- Scrub Hare (L. saxatilis) Â- Desert ...
Also kit foxes are predators of rodents or other small animals, including black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus), kangaroo rats (Dipodomys), and prairie dogs (Cynomys).
Prey includes Richardson's ground squirrels, white-tailed jackrabbits, black-tailed jackrabbits, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, prairie dogs, and kangaroo rats. Other prey includes snakes, lizards, meadowlarks, grasshoppers, and crickets.
A common type of hare in Arctic North America is the snowshoe hare, replaced further south by the black-tailed jackrabbit, white-tailed jackrabbit, and other species.
LAGOMORPHA: Leporidae (Hares and Rabbits)
Common Name Scientific Name Distribution
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Lepus californicus ...
 See also: Jackrabbit, Rabbit, Coyote, Cottontail, White-tailed Jackrabbit
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