You hear rustle in the prairie. You see a white-tailed jackrabbit zoom out of a bush at 40 miles per hour! With one amazing leap it jumps 5 fet high and 20 feet far. Even though the jackrabbit can run at amazing speeds, it can't outrun a coyote or a speeding bullet, or a bald eagle.

The jackrabbit doesn't live in a burrow. It lives in bushes and grass. In mating season adults are leaping around each other during courtship. The litter is born in a nest hidden from predators. The babies are born with fur and can see.

Jackrabbits are 16 to 24 inches long and their ears are up to 8 inches long. They weigh about 10 pounds. The jackrabbit eats mostly vegetables, grass, bark , twigs and cactus.

I got my information from COLORADO WILDLIFE by Jeff Rennicke.

The jackrabbit eats mostly any vegetation. When a predator is chasing it, it can zoom along at speeds up to 35-40 miles per hour. It is a little bit bigger than the black-tailed jackrabbit and it is the fastest of all the hares and rabbits in the world. It is actually a hare not a rabbit. Unlike most rabbits, when it's born it's fully ready to survive on its own. Rabbits are born blind hairless and helpless.

I got my information from GUIDE TO WESTERN WILDLIFE by Buddy Mays.