Scientific Name: Lepus californicus

Temporal Activity: Active throughout the year, mainly nocturnal and crepuscular.

Diet: Eats grasses, forbs, crops, and hay in the summer. In the winter eats buds, bark, and leaves.

Predators: Snakes, coyotes, owls, and other raptors.

Breeding: May breed form late winter to late summer. Females have 1-4 litters of 1-8 young.

Notes: Will zigzag rapidly to escape predation. Has good eyesight, hearing, and reproduce at very high rates to make up for high predation losses.