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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.
Vulnerable [1] The Midwest Canadian Shield Forests is an ecoregion in Canada, ... (Ondatra zibethica), snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), southern red-backed vole ...
Snowshoe hare; Arctic hare; Japanese hare; Black-tailed jackrabbit; Cape hare; Yunnan hare; Korean hare; European hare; ... List of vulnerable mammals; List of ...
"These actions ensure the long-term survival of this elusive, snow-adapted wildcat that relies on cold boreal forests and abundant snowshoe hares for survival," a news release from the U.S. Fish ...
Snowshoe hare. The snowshoe hare is one of the most important species in the park (and even in Canada) from an ecological point of view, [11] because it represents a food source for a good number of predators which frequent the national park and the boreal forest in general such as the Canada lynx, the red fox and the coyote. In addition, it ...
Vulnerable: The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT: Near threatened: ... Snowshoe hare. Family Leporidae (rabbits and hares) Genus: Lepus.
Snowshoe hares have a negative effect on moose as they eat some of the same vegetation that moose eat, which only contributes to the decline in appropriate forage for moose. [17] The red fox is yet another animal that inhabits Isle Royale; red foxes mainly feed on snowshoe hares and occasionally scavenge on moose, or any other meat a wolf ...
Snowshoe hare: Lepus americanus: Leporidae: State endangered Presumed extirpated (SX) ... Vulnerable (S3) North American river otter: Lontra canadensis: Mustelidae: