Lepus americanus americanus

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,034 meters (0 to 3,392 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lepus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 58 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. alleni (Antelope Jack Rabbit) · L. alleni alleni (Antelope Jack Rabbit) · L. americanus (Snowshoe Rabbit) · L. americanus americanus (Snowshoe Hare) · L. americanus klamathensis (Snowshoe Hare) · L. americanus seclusus (Bighorn Mountain Snowshoe Hare) · L. americanus tahoensis (Sierra Nevada Snowshoe Hare) · L. americanus washingtonii (Washington Snowshoe Hare) · L. arcticus (Arctic Hare) · L. arcticus arcticus (Arctic Hare) · L. brachyurus (Japanese Hare) · L. brachyurus brachyurus (Japanese Hare) · L. californica (Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. californicus (Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. californicus bennettii (Black-Tailed Jackrabbit) · L. californicus californicus (Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. callotis (Beautiful-Eared Jack Rabbit) · L. callotis callotis (Beautiful-Eared Jack Rabbit) · L. callotis gaillardi (White-Sided Jackrabbit) · L. capensis (European Hare) · L. capensis capensis (Brown Hare) · L. castroviejoi (Broom Hare) · L. comus (Yunnan Hare) · L. coreanus (Korean Hare) · L. corsicanus (APPENINE HARE) · L. europaeus (European Brown Hare) · L. fagani (Ethiopian Hare) · L. flavigularis (Tehuantepec Jack Rabbit) · L. granatensis (Iberian Hare) · L. granatensis granatensis (Granada Hare) · L. habessinicus (Abyssinian Hare) · L. hainanus (Chinese Pinyin) · L. insularis (Espiritu Santo Jackrabbit) · L. mandshuricus (Manchurian Hare) · L. microtis (African Savanna Hare) · L. nigricollis (Black-Napped Hare) · L. nigricollis nigricollis (Indian Hare) · L. oiostolus (Woolly Hare) · L. oiostolus oiostolus (Woolly Hare) · L. oistolus (Woolly Hare) · L. othus (Beringian Hare) · L. othus othus (Alaskan Hare) · L. peguensis (Siamese Hare) · L. saxatilis (Savannah Hare) · L. saxatilis saxatilis (Scrub Hare) · L. sinensis (Chinese Hare) · L. sinensis sinensis (Chinese Hare) · L. starcki (Ethiopian Highland Hare) · L. tibetanus (Desert Hare) · L. timidus (Eurasian Arctic Hare) · L. timidus timidus (Arctic Hare) · L. tolai (Tolai Hare) · L. townsendi (White-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. townsendii (White-Tailed Jack Rabbit) · L. townsendii campanius (White-Tailed Jackrabbit) · L. townsendii townsendii (Western White-Tailed Jackrabbit) · L. victoriae (African Savanna Hare) · L. yarkandensis (Yarkland Hare)

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Further Reading

• A faunal investigation of the Lake Abitibi region, Ontario / Toronto: University Library: published by the Librarian, 1928. url p. 14.
• Annual report of the Regents / Albany: J.B. Lyon, State Printer, 1890-1903. url p. 117, p. 71.
• Bulletin - New York State Museum. Albany: New York State Education Dept. url p. 117, p. 336, p. 71.
• Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington [etc., Washington Academy of Sciences] url p. 534.
• Key to the land mammals of northeastern North America, Albany, University of the State of New York, 1900. url , .
• Labrador, the country and the people, New York, The Macmillan co., 1913. url .
• List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 347.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1961 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url maps 4-9, page 145, p. 16, p. 174, p. 18, p. 21, p. 22, p. 24, p. 27, p. 37, p. 8.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url , p. 43, p. 88.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 236, p. 64, p. 77, p. 77, p. 78, p. 79, p. 79, p. 82.
• Publications in zoology = Publications en zoologie. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1970-1982. url p. 57.
• Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska: between the years 1877 and 1881 / by Edward W. Nelson; edited by Henry W. Henshaw; prepared under the direction of the chief signal officer. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. url p. 272, p. 33.
• Science. New York, N.Y.: [s.n.]1880- url p. 314.
• Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and James A. G. Rehn. Boston, Society of Natural History, 1901. url p. 177.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. 35 1921 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 107, p. 111, p. 151, p. 212, p. 83.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 5 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 174, p. 70, p. 736.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2479895
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2401690

Footnotes

1. Mean = 298.720 meters (980.052 feet), Standard Deviation = 181.600 based on 158 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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