Snowshoe Hare

Snowshoe Hare

The Snowshoe Hare is also called the Varying Hare because it changes color from brown in spring and summer to white in winter.

Biomes:  Tundra; taiga; temperate forest; aquatic (swamps, bogs).   

Habitats: open fields, fence rows, swamps, riverside thickets, cedar bogs and coniferous lowlands.          

Range: Canada and Northern United States

Status: Not endangered; Common throughout their region

Source; Animal Diversity Web

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