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Alpine, or blue, hare A black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) with large upright ears sits alert on sandy ground, showing its mottled gray and brown fur.
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A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) with a white winter coat sits in deep snow, blending into the snowy landscape as snow falls around it. A line graph with red and blue shaded areas shows cyclical rises and falls in the populations of snowshoe hares and lynx from 1855 to 1925, illustrating how hare population peaks are followed by lynx population peaks. Small illustrations of a running snowshoe hare and a lynx appear above the graph.
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hare: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

  • Andrew T. Smith
    Professor of Biology, Arizona State University, U.S. Chairman, Lagomorph Specialist Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: PNAS - Introgression drives repeated evolution of winter coat color polymorphism in hares. Oct 01, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The ubiquitous mountain hare mitochondria: multiple introgressive hybridization in hares, genus Lepus. Aug 30, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Introgression drives repeated evolution of winter coat color polymorphism in hares. Sep 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management - Hares. Nov 26, 2023
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - What's the Difference Between Rabbits and Hares? Sep 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Lepus arcticus. Jul 11, 2023
Add new Web site: OneKindPlanet - Brown Hare. Aug 30, 2021
Media added. Mar 29, 2021
Add new Web site: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Rabbits and Hares. Aug 23, 2016
Add new Web site: Indianetzone - Typhoid Fever. May 26, 2014
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Hare. Feb 28, 2014
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Hare. Feb 28, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Rabbit Vs. Hare. Feb 20, 2013
Add new Web site: KidsFront - Hare. Feb 20, 2013
Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Hare. Feb 20, 2013
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Hare Facts. Mar 16, 2012
Photographs depicting snowshoe hares (Lepus) with their summer fur and winter fur, a black-tailed jackrabbit (L. californicus), and a mountain hare (L. timidus) added. Mar 19, 2010
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Arctic Hare. Sep 02, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Rabbits and Hares. May 28, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Hare. Mar 16, 2008
Article revised. Jul 16, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 23, 1999
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