Labels:text | screenshot | font | document OCR: Yes, the snowshoe hare's hind feet are well furred and quite large -- snow- shoes for travel through the deep snows of the boreal forests. Don't confuse the hare with a rabbit. Both are members of the family Leporidae, but hares are born fully furred with their eyes open. Snowshoes average 20 inches in length, weigh 3 to 4 pounds, and are somewhat larger than cottontail rabbits. Each fall, snowshoe hares shed their summer coat of yellowish to grayish brown fur with white underparts. It is replaced with a grayish white winter coat, long and thick, although the ear tips remain dark. The snowshoe is confident that it will blend into the background in all seasons and it frequently sits motionless to elude predators. Despite this tactic, the snow- shoe is an important staple for lynx. Snowshoe ...
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