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SpeciesLagomorphaLeporidae
Mammals

🐇Black-tailed jackrabbit

Lepus californicus Gray, 1837

A lebre-da-califórnia ou lebre-de-cauda-negra (Lepus californicus) é um leporídeo norte-americano.

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Measurements
13
vs you
≈ 1/27th of your weight
Also called
Lepus californicus
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

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 mass
2.32 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 4.17 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.51 m
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Brain mass
13 g
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Maximum lifespan
12 years
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  • 12 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
3.36 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
263 days
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Gestation
44 days
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Figures vary

  • 44 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 3
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Home range
0.56 km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Population density
12 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
2.3 Laverage
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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.

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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
أرنبوس أسود الذيل (ar), Eselhase (de), Lepus californicus (es), Zwartstaarthaas (nl), калифорнийски заек (bg), llebre californiana (ca) … and 19 more languages

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