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POLAR' HARE 



(LtPUS AR.TICUS) 



POLAR HARE GROUPS 



LARGE. EARS SHORTER THAN 

 HEAD: PELAGEPURE WH1TE.0R 

 BUT SLIGHTLY COLORED IN 

 SUMMER. 



ARCTIC REGIONS. 

 6 SPECIES. 



VARYING HARE / 

 GROUP/ 



NORTHERN UNITED STATES 

 AND CANADA. 

 4 SPECIES. 



PRAIRIE 

 'HARE.i 



large: white in winter and 

 gray or brown in summer: 

 ears as long as the head: 

 legs moderately long. 



VARYING HARE , (lepusj\mericanus). 



RABBIT GROUP. 



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small: colors constant; never 

 white: legs short weak runners, 

 ears short. 



UNITED STATES GENERALLY, 

 MEXICO, AND SOUTH TO COSTA RICA. 

 12 SPECIES 



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1PRA1RIE HARE," 



(lepus campestris). 



urge: ears longer than 

 head: hind legs long 

 and strong: color 

 variable. 

 N.-W. UNITED 



JACK HARE 



(OR JACKRABB!f)GROUP^ 



large: slender; legs long 

 and strong: swift, 

 ears very long and large 

 colors constant. 

 S:W. UNITED STATES, 

 PACIFIC STATES&MEXICO. 

 7 SPECIES. 



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DIAGRAM OF THE 



HAREAND RABBIT FAMILY 



IN NORTH AMERICA, 



SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIPS AND 

 COMPARATIVE SIZES OF THE 

 FIVE GROUPS. 

 Copyright 1903 by W. T. Hornaday. 



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