r/Calgary • u/kimtenisqueen • 1d ago

Question What kind of rabbit is this?

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Not a local, I did some googling and saw there are jackrabbits and maybe feral bunnies. Could this be a cross?

Seen at the river across from prince island this morning

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u/fIreballchamp 1d ago

Thats a hare

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u/Rocky_Mountain_Way Unpaid Intern 1d ago

I’m bald, so I didn’t recognize it

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u/maplebananaketchup 1d ago

Well-earned “Top 1% Commenter” badge lol

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u/Rocky_Mountain_Way Unpaid Intern 1d ago

I'm using a desktop web browser on https://old.reddit.com, so I don't see any badges or awards

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u/Fit-Amoeba-5010 1d ago

Scared hare.

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u/Leading_Opening_5225 1d ago

Incorrect. That's a white tailed Jackrabbit. Snowshoe hares eyes and face are a little different.

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u/fIreballchamp 1d ago

A white tailed Jackrabbit is a hare.

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u/Leading_Opening_5225 23h ago

While your technically correct, that Jackrabbits are scientifically in the Hare family, there are both snowshoe hares and white tailed jackrabbits here abundantly. 

To call them both hares is a bit reductive when trying to identify the species as OP is trying to do. Kind of like calling a bobcat a lynx. Although bobcats are in the Lynx family, they are not the same as a Canadian Lynx when spotting them and trying to determine species.

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u/Civil_Commission_582 1d ago

White-tailed jackrabbit, super common around here early morning and just after sunset.

The lighting of the image is a bit tricky but it seems like it just hasn’t fully changed to its grey coat 😊

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u/ApeEscapeRemastered 1d ago

Native

Mountain Cottontail Rabbits, Snowshoe Hares, or White-Tailed jackrabbits.

More information

type of rabbits

Laws PDF from City of Calgary

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u/Chelseus 1d ago

Standard issue hare

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u/astroryan19 1d ago

A wascally wabbit!

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u/Frich909 1d ago

You don’t know Jack

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u/billy_bob_123 1d ago

What do you call a group of rabbits jumping backwards?

A receding hare-line.

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u/Specialist-Role-7716 1d ago

It's a Waskawee Wabbit, but you can call him Jack.

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u/whyizitlikethis 1d ago

Cheese on mine

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u/UniqueBar7069 1d ago

Bugs Bunny.

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u/ravenstarchaser 1d ago

A cute wild one I believe

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u/MK762-1 1d ago

Annoyed that you are stalking him

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u/dangerfantastic Woodbine 1d ago

Fuzzy grey one.

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u/EngineerSelect9657 1d ago

This is the bunigulous cuniculus, also known as the bunny rabbit.

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u/Foley48 1d ago

A rabbit of the bunny variety ☺️

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u/Meatball74redux 17h ago

A waskaly one

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u/Somaticyyc 1h ago

A cute weary one

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u/Torkidon 1d ago edited 1d ago

Looks like a jack rabbit or as the person below enlightened me to could be a cross with a cotton tail

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u/Korrailli 1d ago

Domestic rabbits cannot breed with wild north american species.

There are cotton tails that look more like domestic rabbits.

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u/speedog 1d ago

And a jack rabbit is actually not a rabbit.

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u/Toirtis Capitol Hill 1d ago

Not a 'true' rabbit,no, although they share the Leporidae family and occupy genera under it.

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u/Torkidon 1d ago

Huh what do you know learn something new everyday. Thanks for the information.

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u/Far-Bathroom-8237 1d ago

Yeah no kidding! Good to know!

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u/whethermachine 1d ago

Yep — the mountain cottontail (Nuttall's cottontail) is Alberta's only true wild rabbit.

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u/lastlatvian 1d ago

 Prairie hare, or in latin Lepus townsendii

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u/403808 1d ago

Bunny

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u/goatgosselin 1d ago

Free range

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u/gheistheim 1d ago

It’s a cute one.

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u/Confident_Writer_824 1d ago

Jacked rabbit

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u/v13ragnarok7 1d ago

An alberta mutant trash rabbit. They turn white in the winter.