🐇Black-tailed jackrabbit
La liebre de California (Lepus californicus) vulgarmente llamada liebre de cola negra,. es una especie de mamífero lagomorfo de la familia Leporidae. Mide alrededor de 50 cm y pesa en promedio 2.5 kg, con un rango de 1.5 a 4 kg. Su coloración es grisácea con manchas blancas alrededor de los ojos y en la zona posterior de las orejas, estas últimas muy desarrolladas. Puntas de orejas y cola son negras. Se localiza en la zona occidental de Estados Unidos y en México se le encuentra principalmente en la Península de Baja California, en el Altiplano y en algunas zonas del resto de los estados del norte del país. Su hábitat son los altiplanos desérticos. Se alimenta de vegetales. La UICN2019-1 considera a la especie como de preocupación menor,
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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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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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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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