Texas black-tailed jackrabbit

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 occasional parts of central Mexico.[2]

Texas black-tailed jackrabbit
A potential individual at Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species:
L. californicus
Subspecies:
L. c. texianus
Trinomial name
Lepus californicus texianus
Waterhouse, 1848
Synonyms

Lepus texianus Audubon & Bachman

Synonyms

The Texas black-tailed jackrabbit has one accepted synonym; being Lepus texianus (Texas jackrabbit) by John James Audubon and John Bachman in the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.[3] The species taxonomic rank was then lowered to a subspecies rank, for the Texas black-tailed jackrabbit looked almost exactly the same as the common black-tailed jackrabbit.[2]

References
  1. "Subspecies Lepus californicus texianus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  2. "Lepus californicus subsp. texianus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  3. "Lepus Texianus, Aud. & Bach". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
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