White-tailed Jackrabbit
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| White-tailed jackrabbit[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Lepus |
| Species: | L. townsendii |
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| Lepus townsendii Bachman, 1839 |
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| White-tailed jackrabbit range | |
The white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a hare found in western North America. Briefly reputed to have been extirpated [3], it is now clear from observations, roadkilled specimens and historical records that white-tailed jackrabbits are still extant in Yellowstone National Park.[4] This animal, like all hares and rabbits, is a member of family Leporidae of order Lagomorpha. This jackrabbit has two described subspecies: L. townsendii townsendii and L. townsendii campanius.
[edit] References
- ^ Hoffman, Robert S.; Smith, Andrew T. (16 November 2005). "Order Lagomorpha (pp. 185-211". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 205. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). "Lepus townsendii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/41288. Retrieved 01 February 2010.
- ^ Berger J (2008). "Undetected species losses, food webs, and ecological baselines: a cautionary tale from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA". Oryx 42 (1): 139. doi:10.1017/S0030605308001051.
- ^ Gunther, Kerry; Roy Renkin, Jim Halfpenny, Stacey Gunther, Troy Davis, Paul Schullery and Lee Whittlesey (2009). "Presence and Distribution of White-tailed Jackrabbits in Yellowstone National Park". Yellowstone Science 17 (1): 24–32.
height: 12-15 in.
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