A very young baby jack rabbit. He scarcely seems the son of his mother, for his fur is rich brown 

 in color instead of gray, his muzzle is short and broad instead of long and pointed, his legs are stocky, 

 and his ears are very short. He is not yet so afraid as his mother and will face about and jump 

 bravely at any enemy that appears, while scolding in a harsh, low-pitched voice 



Tlie ears of a jack rabbit two weeks old have grown to be as long as his head, but from this time 

 on they increase in length at an astonishingly rapid rate. He has the instinct to wash his face from 

 the first morning of his life; on the third day he begins to gauge perpendicular distances; the digging 

 instinct develops on the fourth day 



