Nevada mammals

Black-tailed Jackrabbit in Nevada

Lepus californicus

Native to Nevada S5 Secure in Nevada

Not listed as nonindigenous in Nevada by USGS NAS; native to its Nevada range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Black-tailed Jackrabbit in Nevada, by the numbers

Common in Nevada 19th most recorded of 142 mammals logged in Nevada

845 occurrence records
679 with iNaturalist photos
Jul 4, 2026 Last seen in Nevada

Records from 2000–2026.

845 total records count every Nevada occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 300; the monthly chart covers the 843 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Black-tailed Jackrabbit in Nevada

Most sightings fall in April to July.

843 Nevada occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Nevada records (table)
MonthRecords
January64
February40
March69
April94
May117
June146
July105
August64
September37
October49
November32
December26

Monthly black-tailed jackrabbit occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nevada, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Nevada, with recorded sightings peaking in April–July.

Occurrence map

Where Black-tailed Jackrabbit has been recorded in Nevada

300 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

300 Nevada records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Great Basin National Park 29
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park 25
Valley of Fire State Park 18
Floyd Lamb State Park 17
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 14
Gold Butte National Monument 14
Toiyabe National Forest 14
Lake Mead National Recreation Area 13

Protected places with the most black-tailed jackrabbit sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Nevada

CountyRecords
Clark County 331
Nye County 129
White Pine County 61
Washoe County 53
Lincoln County 40
Eureka County 35
Humboldt County 34
Churchill County 30
Elko County 24
Pershing County 21
Lyon County 17
Esmeralda County 17
5 other counties 53

The complete county distribution, spread across 17 Nevada counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Nevada records for the black tailed jackrabbit are anchored by Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. They show where people have reported it, not how many animals live there.

The Nevada records bridge the state’s southern desert country and its higher central or northern ranges. That broad spread matters more than any single hotspot. The strongest reporting falls in summer, when Nevada’s high country is easiest to reach but low deserts are hottest. That may shape where observers submit records.

The file combines 679 research-grade iNaturalist records and 663 GBIF records. Those 1,342 records measure documented encounters, not Nevada’s population size. It’s native to Nevada. Nevada doesn’t specifically list it under the state’s conservation framework, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

Black-tailed Jackrabbit in other states

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More mammals in Nevada in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"