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snowshoe hare
Lepus americanus
Moderately common in forest habitats, particularly in burned over areas where birch and aspen twigs are abundant or in swamps or off-shore islands. Moose herbivory decreases both food and cover for hares. Park Status Present in Park
Abundance Common
Residency Breeder
Other parks in which this species has been reported Nativity Native
  • Wrangell-St. Elias
  • Yellowstone
  • Yukon-Charley Rivers
  • Voyageurs
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Timpanogos Cave
  • Saratoga
  • Sequoia & Kings Canyon
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes
  • Rocky Mountain
  • Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Headquarters
  • Saint Croix
  • Pictured Rocks
  • Olympic
  • Oregon Caves
  • Mount Rainier
  • Noatak
  • North Cascades
  • Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller
  • Mississippi
  • Klondike Gold Rush
  • Kobuk Valley
  • Lake Clark
  • Lake Roosevelt
  • Lassen Volcanic
  • Katmai
  • Kenai Fjords
  • Golden Spike
  • Grand Portage
  • Great Sand Dunes
  • Great Smoky Mountains
  • Grand Teton
  • Gates of the Arctic
  • Glacier
  • Glacier Bay
  • Fort Clatsop
  • Delaware Water Gap
  • Florissant Fossil Beds
  • Fossil Butte
  • Crater Lake
  • Craters of the Moon
  • Curecanti
  • Denali
  • Bryce Canyon
  • Cape Cod
  • Cape Krusenstern
  • Capitol Reef
  • Bering Land Bridge
  • Big Hole
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison
  • Acadia
  • Alagnak
  • Aniakchak
  • Apostle Islands
 
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