The Snowshoe Hare is broadly distributed in the north from coast to coast and occurs in a variety of habitat types, including swamps, hardwood forests, and mixed and evergreen forests. Nocturnal like most members of the family, this hare consistently travels along the same runways and tends to remain hidden in vegetation until sundown. Learn more about the Lepus americanus, more commonly known as a Snowshoe Hare, in this easy-to-read species overview by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.