Tehuantepec jackrabbit: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Tehuantepec jackrabbit lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lepus flavigularis
Group	Rabbits, hares & pikas
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Lagomorpha
Family	Leporidae

Where does the Tehuantepec jackrabbit live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Tehuantepec jackrabbit in 1 country or territory across North America.

Mexico

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Tehuantepec jackrabbit endangered?

The Tehuantepec jackrabbit’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Tehuantepec jackrabbit?

The Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) is a mammal in the order Lagomorpha and the family Leporidae, genus Lepus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Tehuantepec jackrabbit

The Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) (Spanish: liebre de Tehuantepec) is a medium-sized species of hare in the family Leporidae that is endemic to eastern Oaxaca, Mexico. It exists in three separated populations, living on grassy dunes and savannas, and is herbivorous, mainly eating grasses. It is not territorial. Most active at night, it will feed for most of the time and occasionally groom or socialize with other hares, spending the daytime resting on beds of grass or shrubs, or under nopales. They are polygynous and breed for most of the year, from February to December, producing one to four young per breeding season. Predators include snakes, dogs, cats, coyotes, and gray foxes.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tehuantepec jackrabbit (revision 1360740863), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q664472 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).