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    The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), also called the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, is a species of hare found in North America. It has the name "snowshoe"...
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    falls in snowshoe hare populations over the years in Alaska and central Canada. The Canada lynx population increases with an increasing hare population;...
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  • resort near this town. Snowshoe (cat), a breed of cat. Snowshoe hare, a type of hare. Snowshoe Thompson, the father of California skiing. VSR SR-1 Snoshoo...
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    Leporidae (redirect from Rabbits and Hares)
    Caprolagus Hispid hare, Caprolagus hispidus Genus Lepus Subgenus Macrotolagus Antelope jackrabbit, Lepus alleni Subgenus Poecilolagus Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus...
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    horned owls are even more dependent on the snowshoe hare. At the peak of the 10-year hare cycle, snowshoe hares were by far the largest component of both...
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    pivoting-crampon snowshoes. Before people built snowshoes, nature provided examples. Several animals, most notably the snowshoe hare, had evolved over...
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    rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes the pikas). Oryctolagus...
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    Subgenus Poecilolagus Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus Subgenus Lepus Arctic hare, Lepus arcticus Alaskan hare, Lepus othus Mountain hare, Lepus timidus Subgenus...
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    hare (Lepus timidus), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a Palearctic hare that...
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    well-known example is that of the snowshoe hare and lynx. Over a broad span of boreal forests in Alaska and Canada, the hare populations fluctuate in near...
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    can be quickly shed off when warmer temperatures arrive. But with the snowshoe hare it will change the color of its fur from white to brown or with patches...
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    The Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) is a species of hare highly adapted to living in the Arctic tundra and other icy biomes. The Arctic hare survives with...
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    North America, the phenomenon was identified in populations of the snowshoe hare. In 1865, trappers with the Hudson's Bay Company were catching plenty...
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    small animals and occasionally on fruits and mushrooms. It prefers the snowshoe hare and is one of the few animals able to prey successfully on porcupines...
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  • prey have been observed in natural populations, such as the lynx and snowshoe hare data of the Hudson's Bay Company and the moose and wolf populations...
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    Pika (redirect from Whistling hare)
    of lagomorphs, the order which also includes the Leporidae (rabbits and hares). They are the smallest animal in the lagomorph group. Only one genus, Ochotona...
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    Swamp rabbit (redirect from Swamp hare)
    Caprolagus Hispid hare (C. hispidus) Lepus (Hares) Subgenus Macrotolagus: Antelope jackrabbit (L. alleni) Subgenus Poecilolagus: Snowshoe hare (L. americanus)...
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    159–163. doi:10.2307/1365393. JSTOR 1365393. Brace, K. (1983). "Goshawk-snowshoe hare encounter". Blue Jay. 41 (2): 120. doi:10.29173/bluejay6182. Beebe,...
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    European hare (Lepus europaeus), also known as the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia. It is among the largest hare species...
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    state of Alaska in the United States, the other being the more common snowshoe hare. Both male and female adults of Lepus othus normally measure between...
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    are the black-tailed jackrabbit, the white-tailed jackrabbit, and the snowshoe hare. The nominal antelope is not any kind of true, Old World antelope, but...
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    collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus), stoat (Mustela erminea), and snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), seasonal color change between brown in summer and...
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    and especially in the spring and summertime when animals like the snowshoe hare get brown fur. Most mammals are dichromats and so do not easily distinguish...
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    Lagomorpha (section Hares)
    1 genus of hare (33 species) and 1 genus of pika (34 species). The name of the order is derived from the Ancient Greek lagos (λαγώς, "hare") + morphē...
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    Cape hare (Lepus capensis), also called the brown hare and the desert hare, is a hare native to Africa and Arabia extending into India. The Cape hare was...
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    that of the Snowshoe Hare, helping to distinguish the two separate species from each other. Additionally, contrasting with the Snowshoe Hare’s long hops...
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  • time they like! They meet three young animals, like a Canada goose, a snowshoe hare, and a wood frog and journey with them as they begin to grow up. Sally...
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    The Indian hare (Lepus nigricollis), also known as the black-naped hare, is a common species of hare native to the Indian subcontinent, and Java. Its...
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    snowshoe hare. The levels of sparteine in the leaves cycle, becoming higher at night, when herbivory is more likely to occur. In addition to the hare...
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    The Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus) is a species of hare endemic to Japan. In Japanese, it is called the Nousagi (Japanese: 野兎), meaning "field rabbit"...
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