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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Mammals
  5. Hares, Rabbits, and Pikas
  6. Hares and Rabbits
  7. Hares and Jackrabbits

genus

Hares and Jackrabbits

Lepus

Includes
5 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Mexican Jackrabbits 1 native
  • New World Hares 1 native
  • Black-tailed Jackrabbit native
  • White-tailed Jackrabbit native
  • Scrub Hare
  • Cape Hare introduced
  • Woolly Hare
  • White-sided Jackrabbit native
  • Alta Mira Jackrabbit
  • Old World Hares
  • Snow Hares

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native hares and jackrabbits All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus 25,336 observations
  • Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus 25,060 observations
  • White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendii 7,763 observations
  • Antelope Jackrabbit Lepus alleni 1,143 observations
  • White-sided Jackrabbit Lepus callotis 149 observations
  • Alaskan Hare Lepus othus 29 observations

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