SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



arched ; interior of the mouth, and soles of the feet to the 

 nails, covered with hair : tail short ; mammaB from six to 

 ten ; caecum very large. 



689. 1. L. Timidus (the Common Hare.) Brownish 

 red-gray ; chin and belly white ; ears black at the point ; 

 tail white underneath, black above. About two feet in 

 length. 



Aa<^us, Milan. L. Timidus, hin. S. N. Lepus, Plin. 

 Common Hare. Have of Authors. 

 Icon. Schreb. 233 A. Buff. I. c. 38. Pennmit, I. c. tab. 

 Inhabits Europe, northern and temperate parts of the 

 Old World. 



690. 2. L. Variabilis (Variable Hare.) Yellow-gray in 

 summer, white in winter ; ears shorter than the head, and 

 black at the tip at all times ; tail white in winter, gray in 

 summer. Larger than the Common Hare. 



Lepus Variabilis, Pallas, Glires, 40. Lepus Albus, Bris. 

 Reg. Anim. 139. 



Varying Hare, and Alpine Hare, Perm, Br. Zool. i. 72.20. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 235, B. Penn. Quad. t. 96,/. 1. 



Inhabits Northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. 



Obs. The Lepus Hybridus of Pallas, the Spurious of Pew- 

 nant, is probably a variety of this species. 



691. 3. L. Glacialis (Snowy Hare.) White ears, black 

 at the tip, longer than the head; nails strong, broad, and 

 depressed. Larger than L. Variabilis. 



Lepus Glacialis, Sabine, Suppf. Parry's Voy. 

 Lievre du Groenlandon Rekalek, Desmarest, 349. 



Icon 



Inhab. within the Arctic Circle. Mus. Brit. 



692. 4. L. Virginianus (Virginian Hare.) Grayisli- 



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