Marsh rabbit for muskrat meat. True marsh rabbit meat is often prepared as a stew, or it may be marinated, covered in flour, and fried. Marsh rabbit The marsh rabbit ("Sylvilagus palustris") is a small cottontail rabbit found in marshes and swamps of coastal regions of the Eastern and Southern United States. It is a strong swimmer and found only near regions of water. It is similar in appearance to the eastern cottontail ("Sylvilagus floridanus") but is characterized by smaller ears, legs, and tail. The scientific name "Sylvilagus palustris" derives from a combination of the Latin words "silva" ("forest") and "lagos" ("hare"),
Hart (deer) "As pants the hart for cooling streams" for its common meter (CM) rendering of the Psalm 42 text. Hart (deer) Hart is an archaic word for "stag" (from Old English "heorot", "deer" – compare with modern Dutch "hert", medieval French "hart", German "Hirsch" and Swedish/Norwegian/Danish "hjort", also "deer"). Specifically, "hart" was used in medieval times to describe a red deer stag more than five years old. In medieval hunting terms, a stag in its first year was called a "calf" or "calfe", in its second a "brocket", in its third a "spayed", "spade", or "spayard", in its fourth a "staggerd"