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An antelope jackrabbit and a purplish-backed jay seen together in Mazatlán. In the United States, the antelope jackrabbit is found in parts of Arizona and states like Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora in Northwestern Mexico. Compared to the other hare species present in North America, the antelope jackrabbit's range is limited.
The white-tailed jackrabbit is a large species of hare and is the largest species called "jackrabbit". (Two larger hares, the Arctic and Alaskan hares, are found further north in North America). This jackrabbit has an adult length of 56 to 65 cm (22 to 26 in), including a tail measuring 6.6 to 10.2 cm (2.6 to 4.0 in), and a weight between 2.5 ...
The white-sided jackrabbit (Lepus callotis), also known as the Mexican hare, is a jackrabbit found in a limited range in North America, from southern New Mexico to northwestern and central Mexico. The animal is considered threatened in New Mexico, with its numbers in decline in recent years; its presence is uncertain in Arizona .
The black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), also known as the American desert hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico, where it is found at elevations from sea level up to 10,000 ft (3,000 m). Reaching a length around 2 ft (61 cm), and a weight from 3 to 6 lb (1.4 to 2.7 kg), the black-tailed jackrabbit is one of ...
Black-tailed jackrabbit. Atzlan rabbit, Aztlanolagus agilis (E) Pygmy rabbit, Brachylagus idahoensis [n 4] LC E; Antelope jackrabbit, Lepus alleni [n 4] [n 7] LC; Tamaulipas jackrabbit, Lepus altamirae NE; Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus [n 4] LC; Arctic hare, Lepus arcticus [n 4] LC; Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus [n 4] LC
Members of the Lepus genus are considered true hares, distinguishing them from rabbits which make up the rest of the Leporidae family. However, there are five leporid species with "hare" in their common names which are not considered true hares: the hispid hare ( Caprolagus hispidus ), and four species known as red rock hares ( Pronolagus ).
It was formerly thought to be a subspecies of the black-tailed jackrabbit (L. californicus), but genetic analysis found it to represent a distinct species that was actually most closely related to the Tehuantepec jackrabbit (L. flavigularis), with this clade being sister to a clade containing the black-tailed and antelope (L. alleni) jackrabbits, with the white-sided jackrabbit (L. callotis ...
The Texas black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus texianus) also known as the Texan black-tailed jackrabbit, Texian black-tailed jackrabbit, Texas jackrabbit, Texian hare, or the Texan jackrabbit, [1] is a subspecies of the black-tailed jackrabbit that is native to parts of Texas, and the southwest United States, northern Mexico, and some occasional parts of central Mexico.