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Lepus alleni (Antelope Jackrabbit; antelope jack rabbit)

Synonyms: Hypolagus giganteus; Lepus giganteus
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) is a species of North American hare.
View Wikipedia Record: Lepus alleni

Infraspecies

Lepus alleni alleni
Lepus alleni palitans
Lepus alleni tiburonensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.62
EDGE Score: 1.73
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  8.047 lbs (3.65 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  150 grams
Diet [3]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  100 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  2 years
Gestation [1]  42 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [2]  4
Nocturnal [4]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [2]  21 inches (54 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Coronado National Monument National Memorial III 4360 Arizona, United States
Organ Pipe Cactus Biosphere Reserve 327376 Arizona, United States  
Saguaro National Park II 11686 Arizona, United States

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)[1]
Canis latrans (Coyote)[1]
Lynx rufus (Bobcat)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Passalurus ambiguus[5]
Taenia multiceps[5]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Lepus alleni, Troy L. Best and Travis Hill Henry, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 424, pp. 1-8 (1993)
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0