- Building housing developments usually requires replacing animal habitats
- If the habitat of an animal is replaced, then that animal will not be found in that place
- So, building housing developments will cause the animal lives in that habitat no longer to be found

- A snowshoe hare is a kind of animal
- Snowshoe hare lives in the field
- So, snowshoe hare is a kind of animal lives in the field

- Building housing developments will cause the animal lives in that habitat no longer to be found
- Snowshoe hare is a kind of animal lives in the field
- Housing developments are build in a field
- So, building house developments causes the snowshoe hare no longer to be found in the field

So, building house developments causes the snowshoe hare no longer to be found in the field
Question
The snowshoe hare was once common in Maryland. In 1986, researchers in the state noted that the snowshoe hare was no longer found in Maryland. Which statement best explains why the snowshoe hare is no longer found in Maryland?

Context
- A snowshoe hare is a kind of animal 
- Snowshoe hare lives in the field 
- Housing developments are build in a field 
- Building housing developments usually requires replacing animal habitats 
- If the habitat of an animal is replaced, then that animal will not be found in that place