1. Snowshoe Hare
By Mrs. Stancil

2. Habitat Conifer Forests
Aspen, cedar and spruce swamps found in New England, Alaska, Minnesota, Michigan, Montana
Places with cold winter season and mild summer season

3. Diet In the summer snowshoe hares eat grass, ferns and leaves.
In the winter they eat twigs, bark from trees and buds from flowers.
If few plants are available, they may eat dead rodents.
Snowshoe hares are omnivores because they eat plants and animals.

4. Food Chains
Pine seedling -> Snowshoe Hare -> Red Fox -> Wolf

5. Physical Adaptation
White fur helps the snowshoe hare camouflage it in the snow from predators
Large hind feet help the snowshoe hare move easily in the snow

6. Behavioral Adaptation
Snowshoe Hares feed at night so that they can hide from predators during the daytime
Snowshoe Hares do very little in the winter so they can conserve energy because there is not a lot of food available.

7. Adaptation Alternatives
Without white fur, it could protect from predators by hiding in burrows during the day.
It could feed early in the morning before predators wake up instead of at night.

8. Human Effect
Explanation of something that humans do that effects your animal’s ecosystem and how that effects the ecosystem. Be specific!

9. Human Effect Solution
Explanation of something that can be done to eliminate or reduce the effects of the human action. Be specific!

10. Credits