Lepus townsendii - #1189
White-tailed Jackrabbit
Posterolateral view of individual running, showing prominent white tail, fore and hind limbs crossed
Geographic Distribution
C Alberta and Saskatchewan east to extreme SW Ontario (Canada), south to SW Wisconsin, Iowa, NW Missouri, west through C Kansas to NC New Mexico, west to C Nevada, EC California (USA) and north to SC British Columbia (Canada).
Order/Family
Leporidae
Genus
Lepus
Specific Epithet
townsendii
Image Location
Dickinson Co., IA, USA
Image Date
1988
Photographer
R B Forbes