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 | |
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| A potential individual at Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Texas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Lepus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | L. c. texianus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Lepus californicus texianus Waterhouse, 1848
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| Synonyms | |
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Lepus texianus Audubon & Bachman | |
Synonyms
editThe 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
edit- ^ "Subspecies Lepus californicus texianus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ^ a b "Lepus californicus subsp. texianus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ^ "Lepus Texianus, Aud. & Bach". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2023-05-21.