🐇Snowshoe hare
The snowshoe hare, also called the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, is a species of hare found in North America. The "snowshoe" moniker refers to the hare's large hind feet, which prevent it from sinking into soft snow, much like snowshoes.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 1.57 kg
- Body length
- 0.44 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 7.99 years
Everything we know about the Snowshoe hare
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.57 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.6 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length0.44 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass9.72 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan7.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length3.03 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity211 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation37 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 36 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.04 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density71 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.6 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Snowshoe hare yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderLagomorpha
- ›familyLeporidae
- ›genusLepus
- ›speciesLepus americanus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusLepus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusLepus
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