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Black-tailed Jackrabbit

Lepus californicus

Photo by Eva Varga
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

They live solitarily or in pairs, while a "drove" is the collective noun for a group of hares. 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.

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It is certainly a Jack Rabbit. Saw them as a girl when we were driving through New Mexico.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2011

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