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Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Species : Lepus callotis
The White-sided jackrabbit is listed as Near Threatened (Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the whitesided jackrabbit
A young / baby of a whitesided jackrabbit is called a 'bunny, kit, kitten, leveret or nestling'. The females are called 'doe or jill' and males 'buck or jack'. A whitesided jackrabbit group is called a 'warren, nest, colony, bevy, bury, drove or trace'.
Facts about the white-sided jackrabbit
30 Lepus callotis gaillardi, the White-sided jackrabbit, is listed as Endangered (Group 2) by the state of New Mexico, is a former Fish and Wildlife Service (Full text)
In the United States the white-sided jackrabbit is restricted to two valleys in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, where the population has apparently declined by half between 1976 and 1981. (Full text)
White-sided Jackrabbit is an USFS Sensitive species and may be found in the Coronado National Forest, NEW MEXICO PORTION *04*. (Full text)
White-Sided Jackrabbit or Lepus callotis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Near Threatened . (Full text)
The White-sided Jackrabbit is, at best, only marginally a Chihuahuan Desert inhabitant. (Full text)
callotis) occur sympatrically throughout much of the Chihuahuan Desert; black-tailed jackrabbits are widely distributed, whereas white-sided jackrabbits are endemic to the Mexican Plateau. (Full text)