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=Our Animal Research= = = We studied Native Americans and the region they lived in the United States. We know that where the Native Americans lived affected how they lived. We decided to research the animals of a specific region and here is what we learned!! toc =Group:=

group 5 =Our names:= Rebecca,Youjung,and Kaitlyn

=Animal we are researching:=

Jack rabbit

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=The region of the United States where you can find our animal:=



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media type="custom" key="2072430" =Link for facts about our animal:=

http://www.desertusa.com/july96/du_rabbi.html

=Interesting facts we found our anim= 1. Jack rabbits do not build nest. 2. There are snow jack rabbits it is amazing. 3. Jack rabbits eat mammal, and seabreeze. 4. There are three species of hares (genus //Lepus)// native to California: the Black-tailed, the White-tailed and the Snowshoe hare. The Black-tailed and White-tailed hares are commonly called Jack Rabbits. The Snowshoe (or Varying hare) is known as the Snowshoe Rabbit. 5. Jack Rabbits are true [|hares] because, unlike the cottontailed rabbits, they do not build nests. The mother simply chooses a place to her liking and the young are born fully furred, with their eyes wide open. 6. Of these, only the **Black-tailed Jack Rabbit** (//Lepus californicus//) is a desert dweller, inhabiting all 4 southwestern deserts. His cousin the **Antelope Jack Rabbit** (//Lepus alleni//) prefers to live in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts.

The White-tailed Jack is the largest of California's hares. It weighs from 6 to 8 pounds. In winter it is sometimes mistaken for the Snowshoe Rabbit, because, in the colder parts of its range, individuals turn completely white. The range of the White-tailed Jack in California is restricted to the east side of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges from Tulare County north to the Oregon border. The Snowshoe Rabbit's range is a long narrow strip from the Oregon border down through the higher elevations of the Klamath, Cascade, and Sierra Nevada ranges as far south as Tuolumne County. There are a few snowshoe rabbits in the Warner Mountains in Modoc County. The Snowshoe is seldom seen for it prefers to live in dense fir thickets and in winter is isolated by deep snow.