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The snowshoe hare's ears are not as long as some other species of hares' ears. In the winter, it turns a bright white to blend in with the snow. Snowshoe hares range in length from 413 to 518 mm (16.3 to 20.4 in), of which 39 to 52 mm (1.5 to 2.0 in) are tail.
A specialist predator, the Canada lynx depends heavily on snowshoe hares for food. [22] Snowshoe hare populations in Alaska and central Canada undergo cyclic rises and falls—at times the population densities can fall from as high as 2,300/km 2 (6,000/sq mi) to as low as 12/km 2 (31/sq mi). Consequently, a period of hare scarcity occurs every ...
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This list of mammals of Colorado includes every wild mammal species seen in the U.S. state of Colorado, ... Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus; Black-tailed jackrabbit, ...
Southward the shoe becomes gradually narrower and longer, one of the largest being the hunting snowshoe of the Cree, which is nearly 6 ft (1.8 m) long and turned up at the toe. Athapaskan snowshoes are made for travelling quickly on dry powder over flat, open land in Alaska and the Canadian northwest.
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 ...