Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Present Day (Maastrichtian-recent), 68 million-0 years ago
CONSERVATION STATUS
Least Concern (LC)
POPULATIONS TRENDING
Increasing 🔼
CLASSIFICATIONS
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Chordates (Chordata)
Superclass: Tetrapods (Tetrapoda)
Clade: Amniotes (Amniota)
Clade: Synapsids (Synapsida)
Clade: Therapsids (Therapsida)
Clade: Cynodonts (Cynodontia)
Clade: Eucynodonts (Eucynodontia)
Clade: Mammaliamorph (Mammaliamorpha)
Clade: Mammaliaformes (Mammaliaformes)
Class: Mammals (Mammalia/Mammalians)
Subclass: Theria (Theria)
Clade: Eutheria (Eutheria)
Infraclass: Placentals (Placentalia/Placentalians)
Magnorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Superorder: Laurasiatheroglires (Laurasiatheroglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019) (down below here)
Grandorder: Glires (Glires)
Order: Lagomorph (Lagomorpha)
Superfamily: Leporoids (Leporoidea) (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2022)
Family: Leporids (Leporidae)
Subfamily: Leporines (Leporinae)
Tribe: Leporini (Leporini)
Genus: Hare (Lepus)
Species: Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) (Erxleben, 1777)
SUBSPECIES
American Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus americanus)
Canadian Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus canadensis)
Japanese Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus japonica)
Norwegian Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus norvegicus)
NEOPLACENTALIA SYNONYMS
Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neotheres (Neotheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exarchontoplacentals (Exarchontoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exprimatoplacentals (Exprimatoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
LAURASIATHEROGLIRES SYNONYMS
Cetoglires (Cetoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetaceans (Supracetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetaceoglires (Cetaceoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supralaurasiatheres (Supralaurasiatheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetes (Supraceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetolagomorphs (Cetolagomorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetaceans (Lagocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetes (Lagoceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetorodents (Cetorodentia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
LEPORIDAE SYNONYMS
Oryctolagidae (Lilljeborg, 1873) (formerly)
Phytovenatoridae (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
LEPORINAE SYNONYMS
Oryctolaginae (Lilljeborg, 1873) (formerly)
Phytovenatorinae (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
LEPORINI SYNONYMS
Oryctolagini (formerly)
Phytovenatorini (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
HARE SYNONYMS
Oryctolagus (Lilljeborg, 1873) (as rabbits but formerly, were think Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny is actually are Snowshoe Hare or American Hare (Lepus americanus) this current species, but while the Northern Rabbit are scientifically named Oryctolagus cuniculus is Northern Rabbit's scientific names.)
Phytovenator (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Plantovenator (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Malovenator (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Daucovenator (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Carotovenator (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Carrotovenator (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
SYNONYMS
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Lilljeborg, 1873) (as rabbits but formerly, were think Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny is actually are Snowshoe Hare or American Hare (Lepus americanus) this current species)
Oryctolagus americanus (Lilljeborg, 1873) (as rabbits but formerly, were think Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny is actually are Snowshoe Hare or American Hare (Lepus americanus) this current species)
Phytovenator americanus (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Plantovenator americanus (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Malovenator americanus (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Daucovenator americanus (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Carotovenator americanus (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
Carrotovenator americanus (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Hazel and Hyzenthlay/Primrose, Campion and Blackberry, 2021)
MAMMALIAN BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Living: North America (United States and Canada), possibly Eurasia (Norway, France and Japan)
Diets: Omivores, they eats plants such as carrots, sticky weeds, branches and stick, barks and twigs, fruits, grasses, and other plants (but not nettles and poisonous flowers, because nettles and poisonous flowers are dangerous), and they eats meat such as scavengers and carrions.
Predation: Other mammals such as stoats, minks, martens, fishers, bobcats and lynxes, birds of prey such as owls, falcons and eagles, squamates such as rattlesnakes, garter snakes and venomous lizards; in the past of predators in The End of the Cretaceous (68-66 million years ago) dromaeosaurs such as Acheroraptor, Dakotaraptor; in beach and waters mosasaurs such as Mosasaurus, Plotosaurus, Halisaurus, Prognathodon, Globidens, Liodon, Kourisodon
Other name: American Hare, Snowshoe Rabbit, Varying Hare
Size: 1 feet and 19-21 inches long in length, and 2-5 pounds in weight
NOTES
This Snowshoe Hare has been coloration of Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny from Looney Tunes by Warner Bros., but gray for male coloration and tone-brownish coloration for female.
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