Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
A hare found in North America primarily in boreal forests, active all year around. The fur is rusty-brown in summer and white in the winter. It feeds on grass, plants in summer and can be seen feeding on dead animals in winter.
- 🇫🇷 Lièvre d'Amérique, Lièvre variable, Lièvre à raquettes
- 🇩🇪 Schneeschuhhase
- 🇲🇽 Liebre americana
Characteristics
- Length: 40-50cm
- Weight: 1.5-2.5kg
How to Identify
Very similar to Cottontail Rabbit but missing the white tail and back legs are proportionally significantly larger, almost the length of half of the body. Also, the fur is more homogenous than Cottontail Rabbit. Primary characteristic is the lack of the white tail though.
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Where and When to Spot
Cannot be seen around Montreal. To see this species, you have to go more remote, towards the North where you find boreal forests.