Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)

Query: American desert hare

Result: 7^th of 11

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

Resolution: 2395x1601 File Size: 456437 Bytes Date: 2005:01:15 01:22:14 Upload Date: 2005:01:15 01:19:49

From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's online digital media library. Check http://images.fws.gov/ for higher quality version. Metadata Title: Black-tailed Jackrabbit Alternative Title: Lepus californicus Creator: USFWS Source: WO2661-21 Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Language: EN - ENGLISH Rights: (public domain) Audience: (general) Subject: rabbit small mammal Date Issued: January 24 2002

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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

American desert hare
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