TUNDRA or ARCTIC HARE, Lepus othus 



(Ukalisukruk) 



Range. — Western margin of Alaska, Arctic 

 coast, and nortli slope of Brooks Range ; probably 

 the same species as the Arctic hare, Lepus arctieus, 

 that occupies the barren grounds east of the Mac- 

 kenzie River to Greenland. 



Habitat. — Brushy tundra and rocky slopes : very 

 spotty distribution. 



Races m Alaska. — The typical o^/ims (type local- 

 ity: St. Michael, Norton Sound) occupies the 

 tundras south to the Kuskokwim River region; 

 ■poadrovms (type locality: Stepovak Bay) occurs 

 in the Alaska Peninsula and Bri.stol Bay district. 





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