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Black-tailed Jackrabbit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Black-tailed Jackrabbit is commonly seen on pasture and waste land during the day, though it is predominantly nocturnal in its habits. The Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) is the common hare of the western United States and Mexico, found at elevations from sea level to up to 3000 m. Although they are largely solitary animals, the white underside of the tail of a fleeing jackrabbit probably serves as a warning signal to other members of the species; jackrabbits will also thump the ground with their hind legs as an alarm signal. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black-tailed_Jackrabbit   (516 words)

Black-tailed Jackrabbit - Lepus californicus Jackrabbits live in the extreme environments of the desert and chaparral, where temperatures are hot during the day and cold at night, and there isn't a lot of rain. The jackrabbit is common in the western United States and northern Mexico, and in many places is considered a pest. Jackrabbits rarely have to drink and get most of their water from the plants they eat. www.blueplanetbiomes.org /jackrabbit.htm   (369 words)

Hare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A common type of hare in arctic North America is the Snowshoe Hare, replaced further south by the Black-tailed Jackrabbit, White-tailed Jackrabbit and other species. Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Normally a shy animal, the European Brown Hare changes its behaviour in spring, when hares can be seen in broad daylight chasing one another around meadows; this appears to be competition between males to attain dominance (and hence more access to breeding females). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hare   (645 words)

Western Riverside County MSHCP The black-tailed jackrabbit is widespread throughout the western United States, west from central Missouri and Arkansas, and only is absent from the higher elevations of the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and the Cascades (Hall 1981). Jackrabbits typically are not found in high grass or dense brush where it is difficult for them to locomote, and the openness of open scrub habitat probably is preferred over dense chaparral. Jackrabbits are common in grasslands that are overgrazed by cattle and they are well adapted to using low-intensity agricultural habitats (Lechleitner 1959). ecoregion.ucr.edu /full.asp?sp_num=123   (2859 words)

Big Bend Fact Sheet - Jackrabbit The black-tailed jackrabbit is a herbivore, eating only vegetation like grasses, mesquite and cacti. Jackrabbits forage for food early in the mornings and late in the evenings, dozing in the shade during the day in shallow depressions. The jackrabbit eats these droppings, as they are high in protein and certain B vitamins that are formed by bacteria in the intestines. www.nps.gov /bibe/teachers/factsheets/jackrabbit.htm   (700 words)

AllRefer - Wildlife & Animals: Black-Tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus > Species: Black-tailed jackrabbit is common in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) [55,60], creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) [21,57], and other desert shrublands [22,29,37]; palouse, shortgrass, and mixed-grass prairies; desert grassland [9,29,62]; open-canopy chaparral [1,4,80]; oak (Quercus spp.) [3,43] and pinyon-juniper (Pinus-Juniperus spp.) [16,24] woodlands; and early seral, low- to mid-elevation coniferous forests [39,80]. Native black-tailed jackrabbit populations occur from central Washington east to Missouri and south to Baja California Sur and Zacatecas [24]. Humans hunt black-tailed jackrabbit for food and hunt, trap, or poison it as a pest species [24]. reference.allrefer.com /wildlife-plants-animals/animals/mammal/leca/all.html   (4053 words)

Black tailed jackrabbit Black-tailed jackrabbits eat twigs and bark of woody plants during fall and winter, and grasses and weeds during spring and summer. Black-tailed jackrabbits are a symbol of western grasslands. The best way to minimize the competition between black-tailed jackrabbits and livestock for forage is to keep range lands in good to excellent condition. www.wildlifedepartment.com /jackrabbit.htm   (588 words)

Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) The black-tailed jackrabbit, so familiar to those who know the West, is a common denizen of the hot, dry, desert scrubland. Campaigns to eliminate these predators from rangelands usually are expensive and they may lead to an increase in jackrabbits and many range rodents, which can become serious pests. It occupies a latitudinal range from sea level to well over 2,500 m on the southwest slopes of some of the desert mountains but seldom inhabits coniferous forests (pinyon pine and juniper areas excepted), although occasionally it may stray into them. www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/lepucali.htm   (399 words)

Animal Tracks - Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) The black-tailed jackrabbit is the most widespread jackrabbit. Jackrabbit young are born in a deep form lined with soft materials, including fur from the mother's chest. The jackrabbit is a hare, which means its young are born with fur and with their eyes open. www.bear-tracker.com /blkjr.html   (781 words)

Black-tailed Jackrabbit During a time frame of six hours I bagged a total of twelve black-tailed jackrabbits. Jackrabbits are common throughout Southern and Central California, Nevada, Arizona, Southeast Idaho, and most of Texas except for the far eastern portions. Jackrabbits often are associated with pastures that have been grazed by livestock. www.beaglesunlimited.net /rabbithunting_black-tailedjackrabbit.htm   (879 words)

Shrub-Steppe Series: What About Jackrabbits? Black-tailed jackrabbits are the principal prey of golden eagles and are an important food source for coyotes, common ravens, the great horned owl, long-eared owl, barn owl, ferruginous hawk, Swainson’s hawk, and red-tailed hawk. Both black-tailed jackrabbits and white-tailed jackrabbits are known to occur in lower Columbia Basin shrublands and grasslands. Jackrabbits used to be plentiful in the shrub-steppe ecoregion, but their numbers have dwindled as humans have developed and populated most of the ecoregion. www.pnl.gov /pals/resource_cards/jackrabbits.stm   (1200 words)

Death-Valley.us - Black-tailed Jackrabbit - Lepus californicus Overgrazing, resulting in an increase in shrubs, enhances the habitat for jackrabbits; and it may further contribute to the deterioration of rangeland because the hares tend to graze forage severely. Many carnivorous animals prey upon jackrabbits, although the adults are probably hard to capture for most predators. Its grayish-brown body, large black-tipped ears, and black streak on top of the tail will serve to distinguish it from all near-relatives. www.death-valley.us /dvus.php?name=News&file=print&sid=19   (815 words)

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources The black-tailed jackrabbit is found primarily in open areas or brushlands of foothills, lower valleys, and desert areas of the state. The black-tailed jackrabbit is important as major prey species for most predators in their range. The black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus, reaches a length is up to 24 inches and a weight of seven pounds. dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov /rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=lepucali   (186 words)

NatureWorks - Black-tailed Jackrabbit The black-tailed jackrabbit is not really a rabbit, it is a hare because its young are born with fur and with their eyes open. The black-tailed jackrabbit can be found in the western United States from Washington south to California and east to Nebraska and Texas. The black-tailed jackrabbit rests during the day and feeds in the late afternoon and the night. www.nhptv.org /natureworks/blacktailedjack.htm   (350 words)

Canku Ota - September 7, 2002 - How to Scare a Bear As it is a true hare, the black-tailed jackrabbit is lankier and leaner than a rabbit, has longer ears and legs, and its leverets are born fully-furred and open-eyed. Due to the removal by European settlers of its natural predators such as the coyote and kit fox, the black-tailed jackrabbit has undergone incredible population explosions in which crops, orchards and rangelands have suffered. Populations of black-tailed jackrabbits are quite high despite ranchers' and farmers' attempts at culling their populations through herding and slaughter. www.turtletrack.org /Issues02/Co09072002/CO_09072002_HowToScareBear.htm   (1623 words)

Friends of Saguaro National Park - About Saguaro National Park: Black-tailed Jackrabbit The jackrabbit is especially adapted to radiate heat from its oversized ears. Cottontails and jackrabbits were an important food source for native Americans of the Southwest. With their speed (up to 35 mph) and excellent hearing, jackrabbits apparently feel most comfortable in open desert, where they can outrun predators such as hawks and coyotes. www.friendsofsaguaro.org /jackrabbit-blacktailed.html   (170 words)

Rabbits and Hares The habits of black-tailed jackrabbits are similar to those of the antelope jack, although black-taileds seldom freeze to escape predation, instead usually zigzagging rapidly away. Black-tailed jackrabbits may travel up to several miles a night to find suitable food, returning to their home ranges each day. The antelope jackrabbit is so named because it has a patch of white fur on its flanks that it can flash on one side or the other as it zigs and zags, running from a predator, much as the pronghorn antelope does. www.desertmuseum.org /books/nhsd_rabbits.html   (1008 words)

Southern California Camping - Field Guide to Mammals Vaughan (1954) found San Diego black-tailed jackrabbit in "thin stands" of coastal sage scrub and on the margins of citrus groves in the lower foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains; however, it is generally not found in chaparral or woodland habitats. The black-tailed jackrabbit is a habitat generalist occurring in open areas or semi-open country, typically in grasslands, agricultural fields or sparse coastal scrub (Bond 1977). Black-tailed jackrabbit (L. californicus), also known as black-tailed hare, occurs throughout the western United States from central Washington in the north to Mexico in the south. www.socalcamping.com /fieldguide/mammal/sandiegoblacktailedjackrabbit.html   (879 words)

Ladywildlife's Black tailed Jack Rabbit Page The undersides of a jackrabbit’s feet are covered with long, brushlike hairs, which provide both a grip and a soft cushion on hard surfaces. Good hearing is essential to the survival of the jackrabbit, which is prey to wolves, coyotes, and pumas. Special Adaptation: The jackrabbit’s eyes are situated on the sides of its head, giving it all around vision which enables it to spot danger coming from any direction. ladywildlife.com /animal/blacktailedjackrabbit.html   (733 words)

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources The hares consist of the white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), the black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) and the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus). The black-tailed jackrabbit is smaller than the white-tailed jackrabbit with total weight ranging from 3–7 pounds and length from 17–24 inches. Early evenings through early mornings is when the black-tailed jackrabbit is most active. www.wildlife.utah.gov /uplandgame/rabbits_hares/biology_ecology.html   (1787 words)

Rabbits of Oregon Three members of the hare family are found in Oregon, the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, the black-tailed jackrabbit and the white-tailed jackrabbit. The black-tailed jack has a white tail with the upper surface blackish. The snowshoe is a native of the timbered country while the jackrabbits prefer the wide open desert or sagebrush plains of eastern Oregon. www.dfw.state.or.us /ODFWhtml/springfield/rabbitsoforegon.html   (2361 words)

Mather Field Vernal Pools - Black-tailed Jackrabbit The Black-tailed Jackrabbit is grayish-brown with large, black-tipped ears and a black streak on the top of its tail. The Black-tailed Jackrabbit eats plants, so it is an herbivore. The Black-tailed Jackrabbit once lived in large numbers in areas that have since been turned into farms, houses and businesses. www.sacsplash.org /critters/jack.htm   (316 words)

NDIS Black-tailed Jackrabbit Hunting Page Habitat: The black-tailed jackrabbit is a common resident of grasslands and semidesert shrublands of the western United States. Description: The black-tailed jackrabbit is medium sized to large with a grayish black dorsum and white venter. A black dorsal stripe extends from the tail onto the rump. ndis.nrel.colostate.edu /huntingspx.asp?SpCode=050121   (196 words)

ESPN.com - Black-tailed Jackrabbit The black-tailed jackrabbit is identified by its very long ears and very large hind foot. The black-tailed jackrabbit has distinctive calls and squeals, but is generally quiet. The tail is black or buff with a black stripe on top and grayish below. sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1203333&type=story   (324 words)

Black-tailed Jackrabbit Jackrabbits are heavily persecuted by humans, as they compete for forage with wildlife and, frankly, because many locals think plunking them is sport. The Malheur Field Station generally has jackrabbits nearby which are somewhat tolerant of people. Because of this, they are very wary of people, and their habit of lurking in shrubby sage habitat makes it difficult to get a clear shot. donb.furfly.net /malheur/mammals/jackrabbit.html   (125 words)

Jackrabbits In the summer, the black-tailed jackrabbit spends the hottest part of the day dozing in a bed scratched out at the base of some shrub or in a clump of tall grass where the shade will protect it from the heat. The black-tailed jackrabbit is more active at night, and its eyes focus well at night. The black-tailed jackrabbit does not require much water; it obtains nearly all the water it needs from the plant materials it eats. www.scsc.k12.ar.us /2000TexNatHist/TexasNatHist/Members/BoyersM   (1047 words)

Black-tailed Jackrabbits in Kansas Black-tailed jackrabbits were named for the black, upper tail fur and long, "jackass-like" ears. Black-tailed jackrabbits feed on green vegetation, including forbs, grasses, shrubs, cactus, tree bark and agricultural crops. In the past, "jackrabbit roundups" were common events where they were herded and clubbed, to both reduce their numbers and to sell as food. www.gpnc.org /btjacks.htm   (170 words)

Kingdom The black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) is a hare commonly found throughout the United States (Ballenger 2000). The black-tailed jackrabbit has black tipped ears and a black stripe that runs from the rump to the tip of the tail (TPWD 2000). The jackrabbit is active in the early morning and late evening throughout the year (Clark 1987). www.rw.ttu.edu /sp_accounts/bt_jackrabbit   (167 words)

Black-Tail Jackrabbit I found a jackrabbit with four young which were each separated some distance from each other in their own shallow depression on the ground. The yellow fruits on top are filled with black edible seeds and the inner flesh of the shell imparts a delicate lemony flavor. I don't think Native Americans ever used the spines for fish hooks as some books claim since the hooks have no barbs, but I know the fruits/seeds were used as a food source. personal.riverusers.com /~harm/original/hare.html   (430 words)

Animal Database Black-tailed jackrabbits spends most of their day resting in shallow, body-sized depressions that they scratch in the ground at the base of shrubs or clumps of shaded tall grass to get protection from the summer’s hot sun and winter’s chilling winds. Black-tailed jackrabbits do not require much water and obtain nearly all they need from the plant material they consume. Jackrabbits may live to be six to eight years old; however, they are regularly hunted by large birds of prey such as eagles and hawks, foxes, bobcats, coyotes, badgers, weasels, and humans. www.aquariumofpacific.org /ANIMAL_DATABASE/animaldb.asp?id=19&chr=J   (1006 words)

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