Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni)

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Subject:	Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni)
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Antelope Jack Rabbit
Lepus alleni
Date 1918
Author Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874–1927); Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor; National Geographic Society (U.S.); Edward William Nelson
Full title Wild animals of North America, intimate studies of big and little creatures of the mammal kingdom.
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9727855
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWild_animals_of_North_America%2C_intimate_studies_of_big_and_little_creatures_of_the_mammal_kingdom_%28Page_506%29_%286217226760%29.jpg

The antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) is a species of North American hare found in southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico that occupies dry desert areas. The antelope jackrabbit is a large Lepus species. Male and female antelope jackrabbits are identical in appearance. Lepus alleni is large in size with long, pointed ears and a distinct coat coloration. The antelope jackrabbit has a white belly, light grey sides, a back peppered with black, and orange coloration on the neck and chest.

Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species: Lepus alleni Mearns, 1890

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