Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)

Query: Lagomorpha

Result: 39^th of 50

Subject:	Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
Poster:	phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)

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Metadata
Title: Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Alternative Title: (Lepus californicus)
Creator: Harrison, George
Source: WO2662-21
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlifer Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: small mammal
Date Issued: January 24 2002

Comments
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The black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), also known as the American desert hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico. The black-tailed jackrabbit is one of the largest North American hares. Black-tailed jackrabbits occupy mixed shrub-grassland terrains. Like other jackrabbits, the black-tailed jackrabbit has distinctive long ears, and the long powerful rear legs characteristic of hares. Order: Lagomorpha > Family: Leporidae > Genus: Lepus > Species: Lepus californicus

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