Lepus californicus (small mammal)

Mass: 2.1 kg based on Chapman and Sandt 1977 and Simons 1996

Abundance: 0.03 to 77.61% (median 0.99%)

Latitudinal range: 29.6° to 40.4°

Habitats: (23), Mediterranean woodland (1), desert/xeric shrubland (2)

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Found in 26 samples

Mexico: La Playa (Holocene)

United States: Red Bluff, Zesch Cave (Late Pleistocene), Crystal Ball Cave (Late Pleistocene), Papago Springs Cave (Late Pleistocene), Cueva Quebrada (Late Pleistocene), CA-SLO-585 (Locus 6A, Early-Middle Holocene) (Holocene), Scripps Poway Parkway (Feature F) (Holocene), Scripps Poway Parkway (Feature E) (Holocene), McIntosh (Holocene), Taddlock (Holocene), Steck (Holocene), Baker Village (Holocene), Camels Back Cave (Stratum I) (Holocene), Camels Back Cave (Stratum II) (Holocene), Taylor Bayou (north bank) (Late Pleistocene), Kathy's Pit (Pleistocene - Holocene), Pintwater Cave (Unit 3, level 8) (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer B) (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), Eleventh Hour Site (Room 7, Layer 2) (Holocene), Eleventh Hour Site (Room 7, Layer 3) (Holocene), Black Mountain Open Space Park, Mojave Desert, Slaton Quarry (Middle Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass2175 kgN = 1Chapman and Sandt 1977
body mass2145.21 kgN = 14Simons 1996
body mass1901.00 kgN = 5Simons 1996
♀ ear length120 mmN = 1Chapman and Sandt 1977
♀ hind foot length111 mmN = 1Chapman and Sandt 1977
♀ tail length82 mmN = 1Chapman and Sandt 1977
♀ total body length703 mmN = 1Chapman and Sandt 1977

See also Lepus, Lepus alleni, Lepus americanus, Lepus arcticus, Lepus brachyurus, Lepus callotis, Lepus capensis, Lepus europaeus, Lepus fagani, Lepus granatensis, Lepus mandshuricus, Lepus nigricollis, Lepus oiostolus, Lepus peguensis, Lepus saxatilis, Lepus sp., Lepus spp., Lepus timidus, Lepus tolai, Lepus townsendii, Lepus victoriae