Illustration of snowshoe hare
- 1 winter coat
- 2 summer coat
snowshoe hare
noun
: a hare (Lepus americanus) of northern North America with heavy fur on the hind feet and a coat that in most populations is brown in the summer but usually white in the winter
called also snowshoe rabbit, varying hare
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Lynx numbers usually reflect the natural population fluctuations of their main prey species, the snowshoe hare.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Travelers can go snowshoeing, marvel at frozen waterfalls, go sledding, cross-country skiing, and look for wildlife like the snowshoe hare, white-tailed ptarmigan, coyote, elk, and mule deer.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2024
Snowshoes by Deena Sveinsson Patience was key to American photographer Deena Sveinsson’s capture of this acrobatic snowshoe hare.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
Opossum, skunk, weasel, porcupine, snowshoe hare and woodchucks No season limits, bag limits, size limits or possession limits, but a license is required.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2017
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Travelers can go snowshoeing, marvel at frozen waterfalls, go sledding, cross-country skiing, and look for wildlife like the snowshoe hare, white-tailed ptarmigan, coyote, elk, and mule deer.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2024
Snowshoes by Deena Sveinsson Patience was key to American photographer Deena Sveinsson’s capture of this acrobatic snowshoe hare.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
Opossum, skunk, weasel, porcupine, snowshoe hare and woodchucks No season limits, bag limits, size limits or possession limits, but a license is required.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2017
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“Snowshoe hare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowshoe%20hare. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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