White-tailed Jackrabbit

White-tailed Jackrabbit

Taxobox
name = White-tailed JackrabbitMSW3 Hoffmann | pages = 205]
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Lagomorph Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 41288 | title=Lepus townsendii | downloaded = 2006-05-12 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern]


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Lagomorpha
familia = Leporidae
genus = "Lepus"
species = "L. townsendii"
binomial = "Lepus townsendii"
binomial_authority = Bachman, 1839

The White-tailed Jackrabbit ("Lepus townsendii"), also known as the Prairie Hare and the White Jack, is a hare found in western North America. The jackrabbit is now extirpated from the Yellowstone National Park cite journal | author = Berger J| title = Undetected species losses, food webs, and ecological baselines: a cautionary tale from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA| journal = Oryx | volume = 42 | issue = 1 | pages = 139 | year = 2008| doi = 10.1017/S0030605308001051] . This animal, like all hares and rabbits, is a member of family Leporidae of order Lagomorpha.This jackrabbit has two described subspecies: "L. townsendii townsendii" and "L. townsendii campanius".

References

External links

* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepus_townsendii.html Information about the White-tailed Jackrabbit]


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