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white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)
| Subject: | white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)
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Date: 2016:01:09 10:37:56
Camera: NIKON D300 (NIKON CORPORATION)
F number: f/6.3
Exposure: 10/32000 sec
Focal Length: 5000/10
Upload Date: 2017:07:15 01:47:48
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Frosty
Jackrabbits are considered hares, which do not typically use burrows like cottontails and pypmy rabbits. They are mostly nocturnal and lay in "forms" or depressions in the snow or soil during the day. Their fur changes to mostly white in the winter months, making them nearly invisible in the snow. When the overnight fog cleared on this cold morning, hoar frost could be seen clinging to this white-tailed jackrabbits fur and whiskers.
Photo: Hoar frost clings to a white-tailed jackrabbit on Seedskadee NWR. Tom Koerner/USFWS
Date 9 January 2016, 10:37
Source Frosty White-Tailed Jackrabbit on Seedskadee NWR
Author USFWS Mountain-Prairie
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frosty_White-Tailed_Jackrabbit_on_Seedskadee_NWR_(24048187710).jpg
The white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a species of hare found in western North America.
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Scientific Name: Lepus townsendii Bachman, 1839
Common Names: White-tailed Jackrabbit, White-tailed Jack Rabbit, Prairie Hare, White Jack |
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