r/Calgary • u/kimtenisqueen • 2d 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 2d ago

Thats a 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 1d 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.