Lepus americanus Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare) belongs to the Phylum: Chordata, Class: Vertebrata, and Order: Mammalia. Lepus americanus is common to the northern boreal forests of North America extending south into higher elevations of the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains. It's main diet consists of plant shrubs in summer and in winter forage on ground vegetation by digging feeding craters into the ground (Gilbert, 1990). Experiments conducted by Krebs et al. (1986), set out to determine responses of …showed first 75 words of 398 total…

…showed last 75 words of 398 total…not be responsible for higher growth and survival among Lepus americanus according to yielded results. [Word Count: 350] References Gilbert, B. S. 1990. Use of winter feeding craters by snowshoe hares. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68:1600-1602. Keith, L. B. and Windberg, L. A. 1978. A demographic analysis of the snowshoe hare cycle. Wildlife Monogr, 58:1-70. Krebs, C. J., Boutin, S. and Gilbert, B. S. 1986. A natural feeding experiment on a declining snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) population. Oecologia, 70:194-197.