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SPECIES OP liEPUS 



Size small; hiud foot under 115 (4i); fur never turniuf? 



white in winter (cottontails, subgenus Sylv i 1 agu s) L. floridanus 

 Size medium or large ; hind foot 125 (5) to 165 (6^) ; fur in 

 American species generally turning white in winter 

 (hares, subgenus L e p u s) 

 Total length usually less than 500 (19}) ; fur usually but 



not always turning white in winter (varying hares).. L. am eric an us 

 Total length about 600 (23^) or more; fur always turning 

 white in winter (arctic bares) 



Hind foot, 145 (5S) ; ear from crown, 100(4) L. labradorius 



Hind foot, 165 (6i) I ear from crown, 85 (3|) L. bangsi 



Lepus labradorius Miller Labrador arctic hare 

 1896 Lepus arcticus bangsi Rhoads, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia, 



p. 365. (part) 

 1899 Lepus labr ad orius Miller, Proc. biolog. soc. Washington. (Fort 



Chimo, Ungava, Labrador) 



General color in summer light brown, turning to dusty bluish gray on sides 

 and to white on under parts; in winter pure wbite; ears always tipped with 

 black; tail snowy white. Total length, 600 (23i) ; tail vertebrae, 55 (2tV) ; HnS, 

 foot, i4S(si) ; ear from croion, roo^i). (labradorius; N. Lat., Labradorean) 



The Labrador arctic hare is con6ned to the barren region of northern 

 Labrador, vi'here it is abundant. Its range extends as far south as 

 Hamilton inlet. 



Lepus bangsi (Rhoads) Newfoundland arctic hare 



1896 Lepus arcticus bangsi Rhoads, American naturalist. Mar. 1896. 



30:253. (part) (Codroy Newfoundland) 

 1896 Lepus arcticus bangsi Rhoads, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia. 



p. 365. (part) 



General color in summer light brown, turning to dusky bluish gray on sides 



and to white on under parts, in winter pure white ; ears always tipped with black ; 



tail snowy white. Total length, 600 (23i) ; tail vertebrae, 65 (2|) IdnS, foot, ibs 



(6J); ear from orown, 8^ {3%). (bangsi; name from that of Outram Bangs) 



The Newfoundland arctic hare is confined to the island of Newfound- 

 land. 



Lepus americanus Erxleben American varying hare 



Size medium (much less than that of the western jack rabbits, and northern 

 arctic hares) ; fur usually undergoing marked periodic changes, from brown 

 to white in autumn and from white to brown in spring; iaxl (in dark pelage), 

 dull ijelloioisli or tvliitish beneath, (a m e r i c & n u s ; N. Lat., American) 



The American varying hare is a wide ranging species divisible into 

 numerous geographic races. Three of these occur in northeastern 

 North America. 



