The white-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii, also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a hare of western and central North America. Its range includes the Canadian provinces from British Columbia to Ontario and a swathe of western and Great Plains states of the United States, and it is found on plains and prairie and in alpine meadows with scattered conifers up to about 3,000 metres in Colorado; it is often seen in urban and suburban parks in western Canada. It is nocturnal, lying up by day in a form, a shallow depression hidden under vegetation, and emerging at dusk to feed on grasses and other green plants, including cultivated crops. It is solitary except where several males court a female in the breeding season, and litters of four to five young are born in a form. Two subspecies are described, townsendii west of the Rocky Mountains and campanius east of them. People also hunt and eat it.
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Source White-tailed jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Lepus, Taxa Source White-tailed jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
In Biome
Alpine, Biomes Source White-tailed jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
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Found In
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Its range includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario in Canada
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and Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Lepus townsendii
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status
IUCN Red List Least Concern
Conservation Status, cites appendix
CITES No special status
Food Habits
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore folivore folivore
Behavior, Key Behaviors
nocturnal nocturnal
Habitat
Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial
View the Source 2. White-tailed jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Distribution and habitat
Its range includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario in Canada
Distribution and habitat, where it lives
and Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico
Ecology
They are also hunted and eaten by humans.
Lead, living species
The white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a species of hare found in western North America.
Child Taxon Of: Leporidae, Lead
The white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a species of hare found in western North America.
Child Taxon Of: Lepus, Lead
The white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a species of hare found in western North America.
In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead
The white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a species of hare found in western North America.
View the Source3. NatureServe Explorer: Lepus townsendii
NatureServe ExplorerTaxon record, global conservation status rankQuote, Taxon record, global conservation status rank
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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