Texas black-tailed jackrabbit
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The Texas black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus texianus) also known as the Texan black-tailed jackrabbit, Texian black-tailed jackrabbit, Texas jackrabbit, Texian hare, or the Texan jackrabbit,[1] is a subspecies of the black-tailed jackrabbit that is native to parts of Texas, and the southwest United States, northern Mexico, and some occasional parts of central Mexico.[2]
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Texas black-tailed jackrabbit | |
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A potential individual at Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Texas | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Lagomorpha |
Family: | Leporidae |
Genus: | Lepus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | L. c. texianus |
Trinomial name | |
Lepus californicus texianus Waterhouse, 1848 | |
Synonyms | |
Lepus texianus Audubon & Bachman |
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