Lepus californicus
J. E. Gray, 1837
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Lagomorpha |
Family | : Leporidae |
Genus | : Lepus |
Subgenus | : incertae sedis |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1837-11-01. Descriptions of some new or little known Mammàlia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History (n.s.)1(11):577-587.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268177Original name as described
Lepus californica
Other common names
California Jackrabbit
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1853.8.29.30
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45483835-b0fe-4c2a-b138-d72dfd1a1620Type locality
"St. Antoine [probably near Mission of San Antonio, California, USA]."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(WA,OR,ID,MT,WY,CA,NV,UT,CO,AZ,NM,SD,NE,KS,IA,MO,AR,OK,TX,LA)
Taxonomy notes
previously included L. altamirae and includes insularis
Taxonomy notes citation
Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Lorenzo, C. (2017). Phylogeography and phylogeny of Lepus californicus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from Baja California Peninsula and adjacent islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121(1), 15-27. · Vargas, K., Brown, D., Wisely, E., & Culver, M. (2019). Reinstatement of the Tamaulipas white-sided jackrabbit, Lepus altamirae, based on DNA sequence data. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 90, e902520.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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