Jack rabbit
Lepus californicus
Description:
I was hiking and saw this rabbit or jack rabbit ?he later heard me take the photo and looked at me and ran.
Habitat:
Mountains in SoCal
La Quinta, California, USA
Spotted on Apr 15, 2013
Submitted on Apr 16, 2013
2 Comments
HAHAOK, this looks like a species of Hare (also called Jackrabbits). There are a couple of species found in California so you may need to look at some images and compare them to what you saw. I think the most likely candidate is the Black-tailed Jackrabbit (also known as the American Desert Hare).
Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus californicus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-taile...
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/jackrabb...
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/blackta...
With those long ears, probably a Jack rabbit :)