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--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Leporidae
--> GENUS Lepus
--> SUBGENUS ? [see comments under species]
SPECIES Lepus (? [see comments under species]) californicus
| Author: | Gray, 1837. | | Citation: | Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 586. | | Common Name: | Black-tailed Jackrabbit | | Type Locality: | "St. Antoine" [probably near Mission of San Antonio, California, USA]. Discussed by Hall (1981:326). | | Distribution: | Hidalgo and S Queretaro to N Sonora and Baja California (Mexico), north to SW Oregon and C Washington, S Idaho, E Colorado, S South Dakota, W Missouri, and NW Arkansas (USA). Apparently isolated population in SW Montana. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Proeulagus (Gureev, 1964:193), or Eulagos (Averianov, 1998). Chromosomes described by Cervantes et al. (1999-2000). Reviewed by Best (1996, Mammalian Species, 530). |
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