jackrabbit

Types:

Lepus townsendi, white-tailed jackrabbit, whitetail jackrabbit

largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States; brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter; tail nearly always all white

Lepus californicus, blacktail jackrabbit

the common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United States; has large black-tipped ears and black streak on the tail

Type of:

hare

swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes