Texas black-tailed jackrabbit
| Texas black-tailed jackrabbit | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Lepus texianus Audubon & Bachman | |
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, 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.