American Jackrabbits are properly hares, taxonomically. The name is a
shortening of "Jackass Rabbit" as they were called by the taxonomically
innocent becaue of the resemblance of their ears to those on that beast
of burden.
Moose
Brian Swale wrote:
What large ears on the
Texas Jackrabbit. Like the European hare, which we also have in NZ.
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