Lepus californicus, also known as the “American Desert Hare” is one of many subspecies found in North America. Year round residents, they don’t migrate or hibernate and usually occupy a single territory their whole lives. Their diet is seasonal including shrubs and small trees in the fall and winter and grasses and annual forms in the spring and summer. They are an important prey species for many predators including eagles, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes and wild cats.
