White-tailed Jackrabbit
Lepus townsendii
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 5,284
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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. Like all hares and rabbits, it is a member of the family Leporidae of order Lagomorpha. It is a solitary individual except where several males court a female in the breeding season. Litters of four to five young are born in a form, a shallow depression in the ground, hidden among vegetation. This jackrabbit has two described subspecies: L. townsendii townsendii occurring west of the Rocky Mountains and L. townsendii campanius occurring east of the Rocky Mountains.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “White-tailed jackrabbit”.