2017年11月27日 · The black-tailed jackrabbit can be found throughout most of Texas and as far west as California. As the name implies, it has a black stripe on its tail that extends up the back, but otherwise is a grayish color on top and white underneath.

Black-tailed jackrabbit in Texas, cooling off in the shade on a hot summer's day. The black-tailed jackrabbit can occupy a wide range of habitats as long as diversity in plant species exists. It requires mixed grasses, forbs, and shrubs for food, and shrubs or small trees for cover. [20]

The Black-tailed Jackrabbit is a large, long-eared rabbit of the open grasslands and desert scrub of the West. Its fur is a dark buff color peppered with black, and its black-tipped ears are almost the same length as its hind feet.

Lepus californicus has many distinct features but yet is often confused with the white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), which lacks black on the tail, and the white-sided jackrabbit (Lepus callotis). Lepus californicus is a mid-sized mammal (Reese and Haines 1978).

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 ...

2021年10月17日 · You can not drive through Odessa, Texas without seeing the giant colorful jack rabbit statues along the side of the road. These 31 iconic Odessa jackrabbits are a symbol of this west Texas town that many people see, but not many stop and enjoy.

Alike yet different, is a good way to describe the eastern cottontail, the swamp rabbit, and the California jackrabbit. The first two are true rabbits, but the jackrabbit is not a rabbit at all; it's a hare. Since all three live within our borders, let's take a closer look at them.

2015年4月6日 · Back before the big drought of the 1920's the West Texas jackrabbits were a lot bigger. They had to be to survive, but now they are almost extinct. When the deer population dropped and the Depression hit the big jacks were shot for food purposes. It was so bad that even the Pecos Rodeo used the big jacks for bucking animals.

2023年9月11日 · This is a species account of the black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) in Texas. This includes a physical description, geographic distribution, a list of subspecies, habitats, population status and conservation status of the species.

The black tailed jack rabbit tops out a 6 lbs, another difference, both the white tailed jack rabbit and European hare are edible. I don't ever want to be hungry enough to be looking at a black tailed jack as food.

2018年10月30日 · Black-tailed jackrabbits are commonly found as far north as Washington State and as far south as Mexico, as well as towards the eastern part of continent, up to Missouri and Texas. They can...

The black-tailed jackrabbit can be found in the western United States from Washington south to California and east to Nebraska and Texas. It is an introduced species in Kentucky and New Jersey. The black-tailed jackrabbit lives in meadows, prairies, desert scrubland and farmland.

2012年5月7日 · I'm heading to Texas in a couple of weeks and am looking to hunt some West Texas Jack Rabbits. I'm a dedicated varmint hunter and would like to find some areas that have a decent population. I am looking for suggestions on where to start?

The black-tailed jackrabbit can be found throughout most of Texas and as far west as California. As the name implies, it has a black stripe on its tail that extends up the back, but otherwise is a grayish color on top and white underneath.

2018年5月2日 · After seeing some of y'all's threads about hunts I thought I should post about mine from a couple of weeks ago. Took a couple of friends to a farm north of Kermit, just a couple of miles south of NM, to try and thin the jackrabbits that are eating cotton plants.

2021年7月10日 · Jackrabbit was a staple around native American camps in West Texas probably eaten more than any other meat source. In the 20's Pop and his buddies would grab their rifles after school and hit the area's around Hobbs NM hunting rabbits.

2015年10月1日 · Leporids inhabiting the western United States include black-tailed (Lepus californicus) and white-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus townsendii) and various species of cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus spp.).

2020年10月31日 · Two of my favorite native animals are cottontails and jackrabbits. As a kid in West Texas, I could always find at least one or the other in a 5-minute walk into the pasture. They are nowhere near...

2024年7月20日 · Black-tailed jackrabbits can leap 20 feet in one bound, run at speeds up to 40 miles per hour, turn on a dime and lead a predator on a vexing, zigzag chase. Abundant throughout Texas, black-tailed jackrabbits live on the open range and wide-open plains.

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