1. Lagomorphs

2. Pikas, hares & rabbits. Pikas live at high elevation in rock fields.
Hares live on the ground
Rabbits dig burrows

3. Pikas Short ears. You will find pikas in the Uintas.
They dry and cache food for winter.
You can recognize them by listening for their call. Call
They are cute, but have a dark side. Bird brains

4. Hares Jackrabbits: run up to 40mph Snowshoe hare: Winter fur is white
Lives in sagebrush deserts
Snowshoe hare: Winter fur is white
Lives above 6000ft snowshoes

7. Rabbits Cottontails Pigmy rabbit Male are Bucks Females are Does
Deserts and forests
Pigmy rabbit
Desert dweller
Male are Bucks
Females are Does
They build nests
Thumper!

8. Can you tell the difference?

21. Tularemia Bacterial infection Transmitted to rabbits via vector.
Transmitted to humans via vector or consumption of contaminated flesh.
Vector: A bug that bites an infected animal and then transmits the disease to a new animal by biting it.

22. Symptoms Rabbits are slow and easy to catch Lack of coordination
White spots on the liver
In humans the first sighs are an ulcer at the bite location and fever.
It is treatable

23. Exit questions 3/24 1. Are lagomorphs rodents?
2. What is a Jackrabbit, hare or rabbit?
3. What is tularemia?
4. What is a Lek?
5 What kind of animal will you find at a lek?