How to Use snowshoe hare in a Sentence

snowshoe hare

noun
  • Climate change has not been kind to Michigan’s snowshoe hare.
    — Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2017
  • When snowshoe hare numbers are high, lynx often have more kittens, Taras said.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Fresh food in March, if people were lucky, was fish from traps set in ice and grouse and snowshoe hares snared with loops of sinew.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Like the iconic arctic fox, the snowshoe hare dons white fur for the winter—a good camouflage in the snow.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 21 June 2018
  • The felines that leave behind perfect-circle tracks in the snow are the perfect predator of the snowshoe hare.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Consider the snowshoe hare, whose fur coat has evolved to change from brown to white during the winter for camouflage.
    — Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018
  • When the dog stops like a dragonfly, then runs off sniffing an invisible path, a snowshoe hare has crossed your trail.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2022
  • Every few years, snowshoe hare numbers in the Canadian Yukon climb to a peak.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Boonstra knew that during the decline phase of the snowshoe hare cycle, the great majority of hares are killed by predators.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2021
  • With willows now tall enough to poke through snow, snowshoe hares can find winter food and hiding spots all the way to the Arctic Ocean.
    — Katie Orlinsky, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
  • This is due to warming temperatures that allow shrubs to get bigger, providing food and shelter for the snowshoe hare, even in the snowy winter months.
    — National Geographic, 20 Feb. 2020
  • To search for the answer, Sheriff and his coauthors scoured data from 6 decades' worth of snowshoe hare population data.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2015
  • Coyotes, lynx and fox have benefited from the increasing snowshoe hare population.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Although not specifically designed to identify smaller prey, the study also revealed the importance of beaver and snowshoe hare in the diets of wolves.
    — John Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The snowshoe hare population peaks and then crashes about every 10 years, and the lynx usually follow suit, Battle said.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2020
  • However, thanks to extensive wildlife habitat management in recent years, Michigan’s snowshoe hares have been given a leg up in their fight for survival.
    — Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Opossum, skunk, weasel, porcupine, snowshoe hare and woodchucks No season limits, bag limits, size limits or possession limits, but a license is required.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Near McGrath, Jack Whitman found the rear half of one snowshoe hare in one box and the matching front half in another, just 1,200 feet away.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2018
  • The ranch also may be home to threatened or endangered species, including Canada lynx, American marten, snowshoe hare and Gunnison’s prairie dog.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 28 June 2026
  • Animals like the snowshoe hare, found in the boreal forests of Alaska, undergo a seasonal molt from brown in the summer to white in the winter to camouflage with their environment.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Similar plant progressions occur by altitude on the mountains, along with the forest’s famed denizens, the wolf, coyote, moose, black bear, lynx, snowshoe hare, tick, mosquito, midge, deerfly, and blackfly.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Under the proposal, the Horicon refuge would be open to hunting for woodcock, moorhen, coyote, ruffed grouse, opossum, raccoon, fox, skunk, bobcat, snowshoe hare and black bear on acres already open to other hunting.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2020
  • Lynx numbers are high in Anchorage right now, following a population boom of snowshoe hares in Southcentral Alaska, according to Battle.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Like the Smokies, Allegheny National Forest boasts its own impressive roster of wildlife, including black bear, deer, foxes, wild turkeys, salamanders, beavers, and snowshoe hare.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026

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