The Hares of the Americas

In North America rabbits are known as cottontails but the hare, confusingly, is called a jackrabbit.

Ten species of hares can be found throughout the Americas – the Black-tailed jackrabbit, the Antelope jackrabbit, the Black jackrabbit, the Sage hare, the White-sided jackrabbit (or Mexican hare), the Tehuantepec jackrabbit, the White-tailed jackrabbit, the Snowshoe hare (or Varing hare), the Alaskan or Tundra hare, and the Arctic hare.


Image 1: Black-tailed jackrabbit.
Image 2: Snowshoe hare.