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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" because of the large size of its hind feet. The animal's feet prevent it from sinking into the snow when it hops and walks.
Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus: The snowshoe hare is the most common and widespread hare in Alaska, found everywhere in the state except the lower Kuskokwim Delta, the Alaska Peninsula, and the area north of the Brooks Range. [61] They generally live in brush, mixed spruce forests, and wooded swamps. [61]
American pika Pygmy rabbit Desert cottontail Snowshoe hare. The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae . Though they can resemble rodents, and were classified as a superfamily in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a ...
As herbivores, hippos peacefully graze throughout the night, eating grasses and aquatic plants. However, they won’t hesitate to attack anything that threatens their space, food, or young.
The neighboring state of Kentucky actively reintroduced Rocky Mountain elk (C. c. nelsoni) [30] to their eastern woodlands in 1997, and by 2009 the population had increased to over 10,000 animals. This expanding population began to enter western Virginia and the southwestern counties of West Virginia.
It prefers the snowshoe hare and is one of the few animals able to prey successfully on porcupines. Despite its common name, it rarely eats fish. The reproductive cycle lasts almost a year. Female fishers give birth to a litter of three or four kits in the spring.
"Which mammals live in Pennsylvania?". Carnegie Museum of Natural History website. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27; Wilson, Don; Deeann Reeder (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4
Unless you live in Kentucky, of course. Old Farmer's Almanac: Fall 2024 forecast for Kentucky. Kentucky, ...