A fearsome critter resembling a jack rabbit with antelope horns and a pheasant's tail. It is said to yoddle after lonely cowboys. Contraction of ''jack rabbit'' + ''antelope''.
An animal whose name is often invoked for poetic reasons. It inspires a mental panorama of the Americansouthwest. It is so moony, so snapshotty, so horse-manes-on-the-mesa!
The AmericanSpotted Jackelope, much like the Serpent of Eden, often makes prey aware of its own nudity before eating it.