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Black-tailed Jackrabbit - Lepus californicus

Florida's Nonnative Wildlife. Species detail.

First year: 1930s

Extirpated year:

Established status: Populations are confirmed breeding and apparently self-sustaining for 10 or more consecutive years.

Estimated Florida range: 2 counties At least 10 years, 2 counties Not reported breeding

Statewide trend: Unknown status

Threats to natives: Impact on native species is unknown, but it is thought to have introduced Hoplopsyllus glacialis affinis, a western North American flea associated with rabbits, into populations of native cottontail and marsh rabbits in Florida.

Species Account: Native of the western United States was accidentally introduced into the Miami area in the 1930s and still persists around the Miami Airport, Dade County, in the mowed grass habitat.

County	First Year	Extirpated Year	Breeding status	Notes
BROWARD	1930s	1958	At least 10 years
DADE	1930s		At least 10 years
HILLSBOROUGH	1970s		Not reported breeding
PALM BEACH	1985		Not reported breeding

References

Layne, J. 1997. Nonindigenous Mammals. Pages 157-186 in Strangers in Paradise: impact and management of nonindigenous species in Florida (Simberloff,D., D. Schmitz, and T. Brown, eds.). Island Press, Washington, D. C.

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