406 WILD ANIMALS 
WHITE-TAILED JACK RABBIT 
In winter coat. 
damage to fruit trees, but on the 
whole they do very little harm and 
they are a good game and food 
animal. 
If we followed the authorities re- 
ferred to in the first paragraph of 
this chapter, we should regard the 
jack rabbits as typical hares. 
Northern Varying Hare, Snow- 
shoe Rabbit, White Rabbit. — The 
color of this hare, as of the jack 
rabbit, varies with the season, be- 
ing white in winter and pale cin- 
namon-brown in summer. It is 
found in North Dakota and Min- 
nesota and thence eastward to New 
England and northward into Canada. Though it is nearly 
twice as large as the cottontail, its legs are comparatively 
short, their length being about midway between those of the 
cottontail and those of the jack rabbit. This makes it a 
SNOWSHOE RABBIT 
In winter coat. 
