Adaptation Description
Snowshoe Hares are excellent at using camouflage for protection, they will
change colour depending on the seasons. In summer a Snowshoe Hare will be a
rusty brown colour and will stay this colour until it starts snowing. Once it
starts snowing it will turn white. A way to determine that an animal is a
Snowshoe Hare is it will have black tuft of fur on its
ears. It has big haircovered feet so that it doesn't sink into the snow.
change colour depending on the seasons. In summer a Snowshoe Hare will be a
rusty brown colour and will stay this colour until it starts snowing. Once it
starts snowing it will turn white. A way to determine that an animal is a
Snowshoe Hare is it will have black tuft of fur on its
ears. It has big haircovered feet so that it doesn't sink into the snow.
Diet
A Snowshoe Hare has a different diet for
the summer and the winter. In
summer a Snowshoe Hare will eat ferns, grass and
leaves. In winter they
will eat bark from trees, twigs, buds from flowers and
plants. They have
been seen eating meat from traps. They have a diet simerler to
the Arctic
Hare.
the summer and the winter. In
summer a Snowshoe Hare will eat ferns, grass and
leaves. In winter they
will eat bark from trees, twigs, buds from flowers and
plants. They have
been seen eating meat from traps. They have a diet simerler to
the Arctic
Hare.
Habitat
The Snowshoe Hare is an animal
that lives in forests in North
America.
Class
A Snowshoe Hare is a mammal. A
mammal is an animal with
warm blood.
mammal is an animal with
warm blood.
A Snowshoe
Hare has different names. One is the
Snowshoe Hare, another is the Snowshoe
Rabbit and the final name is
the Varying Hare.
Summer Coat
This picture is of a Snowshoe Hare during Summer when it is a rusty brown colour.