Snowshoe Rabbit
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see varying hare.
More on Snowshoe Rabbit
Varying Hare - any of several medium-sized hares, sometimes known as snowshoe rabbits, having white fur in winter and turning brownish in summer.
Other Names
Snowshoe Rabbit, Varying Hare
Size
Length: 41 - 52cm including tail of 4 - 5cm. The ears are 6 - 7cm long. Weight: about 1.5kg.Males are slightly smaller than females.
Also known as:
Snowshoe Rabbit, Varying Hare
Sexual Dimorphism:
Females are larger than males.
Fire and tree growth relationships to snowshoe rabbits. In: Proceedings, 4th Tall Timbers fire ecology conference; 1965 March 18-19; Tallahassee, FL. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station: 111-123. [13530] 45. Griffin, Paul C.; Mills, L.
In North America hares include the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit and also the jack rabbit , which has ear's that are sometimes one-third of its body length . Both can run at speeds of 30 mi. an hour; the Jack rabbit can leap 20 ft.
The jack and snowshoe rabbits as swimmers. J. Mamm., 6:245-249. Johnson, C. E. 1926. Notes on a pocket gopher in captivity. J. Mamm., 7:35-37. Johnson, C. E. 1932. Notes on a family of red bats in captivity. J. Mamm., 13:132-135. Johnson, G. E. 1925.
 See also: Rabbit, Hare, Varying Hare, Jackrabbit, Cottontail Rabbit
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