Water Hare ; Jack Rabbit 



2. Florida Marsh Hare. Lepus patustris paludicola (Miller & 



Bangs). Darker, with less buff in its colouration. 

 Range. Southern Florida, grading into the former to the 

 northward. 



Water Hare 



Lepus aquaticus Bachman 



Length. 2 1 inches. 



Description. Finely mottled above with buff, rufous and black 

 hairs, buff predominating more than in the cottontail; belly 

 and underside of tail pure white. Feet rather scantily haired 

 and ears longer than in the cottontail. 



Range. Lower Mississippi Valley north to Southern Illinois. 



The swamps of the lower Mississippi harbour still another 

 member of the rabbit tribe the great water hare, an animal with 

 habits so far as we know similar to those of the marsh hare, 

 but in size larger than that species or the cottontail. 



The difficulty of following this and the last species into their 

 swampy retreats renders them but little known to hunters and 

 is responsible for our lack of knowledge concerning them. 



Jack Rabbit 



Lepus campestris Bachman 



Called also Prairie Hare, Jackass Hare, White-tailed Jack 

 Rabbit. 



Length. 25 inches. 



Description. Larger than any of the preceding, with very long 

 hind legs and ears. Colour above yellowish gray, sides and 

 back of neck lighter, below white, tail entirely white. In the 

 northern part of its range it turns pure white in winter, 

 farther south the change is partial or possibly does not occur 

 at all. 



Range. From Western Minnesota and Iowa to the Sierra Nevada 

 Mountains and from Central Kansas and Colorado to the Sas- 

 katchewan plains. Represented southward and westward by 

 a group of allied species known as black-tailed jack rabbits. 



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