The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), also called the varying hare, is found across North America and is named for its large hind feet, which keep it from sinking into soft snow much as snowshoes do. It grows a brown coat in summer and a white coat in winter for camouflage, the seasonal change that gives it the varying hare name, and the Canada lynx is its major predator; the cyclical relationship between their populations, recorded through historical fur trade data, has made the pair a well known case study in predator-prey biology. It is assessed as Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Lepus, Taxa Source Snowshoe hare (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Snowshoe hare (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q81063 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Lepus, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 3. Snowshoe hare (Wikipedia)
Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)Quote, Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
de the pair a well known case study in predator-prey biology. It is assessed as Least Concern.
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