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. 21 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 aiso Prairie Hare, Jackass Hare, White-tatled Jach 
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 lowa 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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