Black-tailed Jackrabbit

Lepus californicus

Photo by Robert Shantz Southeast of Safford, Arizona. March 7, 2003.

In the Sonoran Desert these large rabbits tend to occur in open areas with a fairly good grass cover. Thus they are more common near agricultural fields and along flood plains of the major waterways.

Flood plain of New River, Peoria, Maricopa Co., Arizona. May 7, 2017.

Leporidae -- Hare & Rabbit Family

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• Univ. of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
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• Reference:  Mammals of Arizona (1986), D. F. Hoffmeister, Univ. of Arizona Press.