Antelope Jackrabbit

Le lièvre antilope (Lepus alleni) est une espèce de lièvre américain (famille des Leporidae).

The antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni), also known as Allen's hare, is a species of North American hare in the family Leporidae found in southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Considered the "handsomest" of the hares, it occupies dry desert areas and was one of the last of the North American mammals to be formally described. Taxonomy, etymology, and phylogeny Taxonomy and etymology The antelope jackrabbit was first described in 1890 by American naturalist Edgar Alexander Mearns, who named it "Allen's hare" (Lepus alleni) after Joel Asaph Allen, curator of mammals and birds at…

La liebre antílope (Lepus alleni) es una especie de liebre norteamericana que habita en el sur de Arizona y el noroeste de México. Dentro de este rango, ocupa zonas desérticas secas. Esta especie se sitúa en la familia Leporidae, que está dentro del orden Lagomorpha.