From: Donald Mathis
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Black-tailed Jack Rabbit Lepus californicus
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 07:49:03 -0500
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The black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), also known as the American desert hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico. The black-tailed jackrabbit is one of the largest North American hares. Black-tailed jackrabbits occupy mixed shrub-grassland terrains. Like other jackrabbits, the black-tailed jackrabbit has distinctive long ears, and the long powerful rear legs characteristic of hares. Order: Lagomorpha > Family: Leporidae > Genus: Lepus > Species: Lepus californicus