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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original name as described

Lepus californica

Other common names

California Jackrabbit

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1853.8.29.30

Type kind

lectotype

Type 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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