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snowshoe rabbit - large large-footed North American hare; white in winter

Lepus americanus, snowshoe hare, varying hare

hare - swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes

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At the mouth of the Tahkeena, one night after supper, Dub turned up a snowshoe rabbit, blundered it, and missed.

They had made short work of the snowshoe rabbit, these dogs that were ill-tamed wolves; and they were now drawn up in an expectant circle.

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Notes on the Snowshoe Rabbit. Journal of Mammalogy 2:101-108.

SCAVENGING BY SNOWSHOE HARES (LEPUS AMERICANUS) IN YUKON, CANADA

For example, Julie Siegler, a third-grade teacher in the Plainfield Community School District, was studying the food chain with her students and requested a red tail hawk and snowshoe rabbit case, which was accompanied by an "experience box" of supplemental plans, more materials, including insects, as well as books and lessons.

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