Jackrabbit
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
popular name for several hares of W North America, characterized by very long legs and ears. Jackrabbits are powerful jumpers and fast runners.
Jackrabbit
Mammal. The white-tailed jackrabbit is actually a hare, not a rabbit. Baby jackrabbits can run immediately after being born. Adults can leap 3 meters (10 feet) at a time at speeds of 64 kilometers (40 miles) per hour.
Jackrabbits are actually hares, not rabbits. Hares are larger than rabbits, and they typically have taller hind legs and longer ears. Jackrabbits were named for their ears, which initially caused some people to refer to them as "jackass rabbits.
Jackrabbits living in the desert rarely drink water. They obtain all the moisture they need from water-retaining plants such as cacti.
Jackrabbits can reach a speed of 50 miles per hour and can leap as high as 5 feet.
Jackrabbits always seem to be on their guard. They are very alert to their surroundings and watchful of potential threats.
Jackrabbits generally nest in shallow depressions lined with leaves, usually in the shade.
Social Organization:
The Tehuantepec jackrabbit is solitary.
Jackrabbits eat several plants and seeds such as winter wheat, dandelion, and blue gramma grass. Jacks seek out high-protein foods, and eat their own droppings as a source of protein.
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Jackrabbit
Reproduction Comments:
Breeding period may extend from late winter to late summer. Gestation lasts 41-47 days. Females produce 1-4 litters of 1-8 (usually 2-4) precocial young each year (Jones et al. 1983).
Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares less than one year old are called leverets.
Tehuantepec jackrabbits occupy overlapping home ranges, and are believed to be non-territorial and to have a polygamous mating system (4) (11) (12).
White-tailed Jackrabbits are hares of the open spaces, avoiding heavy woods. With prominent eyes high on their head, they have almost 360 degree vision, allowing them to see most approaching enemies.
White-tailed Jackrabbit
Lepus townsendii
The White-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) occurs across the northern portions of the western United States and much of south central Canada.
Black-tailed Jackrabbit eating berries, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah
Photograph by James Phelps . Some rights reserved. (view image details)
Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Texas ...
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Order Lagomorpha : Family Leporidae : Lepus californicus Gray ...
Behavior The black-tailed jackrabbit can run at speeds of up to 30 miles an hour and it can jump a distance of about 20 feet. When it is trying to evade predators like coyotes, foxes, bobcats, badgers and weasels, it moves in a zig-zag pattern.
Esp jackrabbits; other prey (including carrion) when mammals scarce.
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Antelope Jackrabbits are nocturnal and crepuscular, and almost never vocalize. They are probably the fastest runners of their genus, with a top speed of 72 km per hour. They flash their white rumps somewhat as pronghorns do when they are running.
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.
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.
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 Macrotolagus: Antelope Jackrabbit (L. alleni)
Subgenus Poecilolagus: Snowshoe Hare (L. americanus)
Subgenus Lepus: Arctic Hare (L. arcticus) Â- Alaskan Hare (L. othus) Â- Mountain Hare (L. timidus) ...
North America is the home of numerous hares, some of which are locally known as "cotton-tails" and others as "jackrabbits." The most northern are the Polar hare (L. arcticus), the Greenland hare (L. groenlandicus) and the Alaska hare (L.
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.
9 percent; jackrabbits, 2 percent; domestic cows, 1.6 percent; miscellaneous (including sheep, goats, skunks, foxes, coyotes, beavers, prairie dogs and grasses), 4.
It was an overcast day, and the heat-lovingest of the heat-loving lizards didn't start stirring until nearly 10:00. This morning view east across the Barrel Spring dunes features a jackrabbit in the center.
Hares, pikas and rabbits (Lagomorpha) are small terrestrial mammals that include cottontails, jackrabbits, pikas, hares and rabbits. The group is also commonly referred to as lagomorphs.
Cottontails live across the Americas from southern Canada to Argentina and Paraguay. Minnesota is also home to two of the rabbit's cousins: the showshoe or varying hare and the jackrabbit.
Diet: Mostly small mammals, including ground squirrels, jackrabbits, gophers, rabbits, and mice. Also eats some birds and reptiles.
Quick on the Paw: With the ability to sprint at speeds up to 40 mph even jackrabbits have a hard time staying ahead of a coyote.
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LAGOMORPHA: Leporidae (Hares and Rabbits)
Common Name Scientific Name Distribution
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Lepus californicus ...
Golden eagles were at one time a symbol of malice. They were once thought to steal infants from their cribs and carry them off. This is not true - they feed mainly on jackrabbits, marmots, and hoofstock.
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 See also: Rabbit, Crocodile, Shark, Dolphin, Basking Shark
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