🐇Black-tailed jackrabbit
Der Eselhase, auch Kalifornischer Eselhase genannt (Lepus californicus) gehört zu den größten Arten der Echten Hasen in der Familie der Hasen (Leporidae). Er ist in den westlichen Vereinigten Staaten (im Norden bis Idaho, im Osten bis Kansas) und im nördlichen Mexiko verbreitet und lebt vor allem in trockenen Lebensräumen, in Halbwüsten, Steppen und Prärien.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 2.32 kg
- Body length
- 0.51 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the Black-tailed jackrabbit
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.32 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.17 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.51 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass13 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 12 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length3.36 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity263 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation44 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 44 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.56 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density12 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2.3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Black-tailed jackrabbit yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderLagomorpha
- ›familyLeporidae
- ›genusLepus
- ›speciesLepus californicus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusLepus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusLepus
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