The black-tailed jackrabbit inhabits the Montezuma Valley to the north
of the Mesa Verde and the Mancos Valley to the northeast, and has been
seen occasionally on the top of the Mesa according to reports with date
and locality noted in the files at the Park for the years 1941, 1942,
1947, 1948, 1950, and 1951. In 1942 four observations were made, in 1950
and 1951 two observations were recorded each year, and in other years
only one observation was recorded each year. Nine observations are for
Chapin Mesa south of Far View; only two observations are for higher
elevations on the North Rim.