LARGE: WHITE IN WINTER AND 

 GRAY OR BROWN IN SUMMER: 



/ . EARS AS LONG AS THE HEAD: 

 f i LEGS MODERATELY LONG. 



HARE , (LEPU5 AMERICANUS). 



LARGE: EARS SHORTER THAN 

 HEAD: PELAGE PURE WHITE. OR 

 BUT SLIGHTLY COLORED IN 



SUMMER. 



ARCTIC REGIONS. 



VARYING HARE 

 GROUP/ 



POLAR HARE 



(LEPUS ARTICU5). 



NORTHERN UNITED STATES 

 AND CANADA. 



RABBIT GROUP. 



SMALL: COLORS CONSTANT; NEVER 

 WHITE: LEGS SHORT WEAK RUNNERS 



EARS SHORT. 



UNITED STATES GENERALLY, 

 MEXICO.AND SOUTH TO COSTA RICA. 



JACK HARE 



(ORJACK"RABBIT)GROUR 



PRAIRIE HARE, 



(LEPUS CAMPE5TRIS). 



LARGE. SLENDER; LEGS LONG 



AND STRONG: SWIFT. 



EARS VERY LONG AND LARGE 



COLORS CONSTANT. 

 S:W. UNITED STATES, 

 PACIFIC STATES* MEXICO. 



LARGE: EARS LONGER THAN 

 HEAD: HIND LEGS LONG 

 AND STRONG: COLOR 



VARIABLE. 



N.-W. UNITED STATES 



JACK; "RABBIT 1 ; 



(UPUS.,CALlOTIS) 



DIAGRAM OF THE 



HARE AND RABBIT FAMILY 



IN NORTH AMERICA, 



SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIPS AND 

 COMPARITIVE SIZES OF THE 

 FIVE GROUPS. 



Copyright 1903 by W. T. Hornadiy. 



