MAMMALIA. GL1RES. Hare. 283 



Lepus brafilienfis, or Brafilian Hare, having no tail. Syft. nat. ed. ix. n. i. D°. xii. 78. n. 4. 

 Briff. quad. 97. — Cuniculus brafilienfis, or Brafilian Coney, named Tupcti by the natives. Marcgr. 

 Braf. 223. Pifo, Braf. 102. Raj. quad. 205. 3m. Buff. viii. 276. — Citli. Femand. Mexic. 2. — 

 Brafilian Hare. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 247. — Collared Rabbit. Wafer, in Damp. voy. iii. 401. 



Inhabits South America, and Mexico. — Is of the fame colour and magnitude with the Common 

 Hare, but darker, with fimilar large ears *, refembles the Rabbit in general appearance ; fome indi- 

 viduals want the white ring round the neck, fo that the fpecies is principally diftinguilhed by the 

 want of tail. It lives in the woods, does not burrow, and is very good eating. 



13. Calling Hare. — 10. Lepus pufillus. 10. 



Has no tail: The ears are triangular, and white at the edges; the upper parts of the 

 body are of a dark brown, mixed with blackifh grey, and the under parts hoary. 

 Schreber, iv. t. ccxxxvii. 



Lepus pufillu-s. Pallas, Glir. 30. 45. t. 1. and t. 4. f. 3. 9. and Nov. com. Petrop. xiii. 534. 

 t. 14. and It. i. 155. ii. 533. iii. 498. Lepechin, It. i. 260. Zimmerman. Mant. pi. ii. 522. Erxl. 

 mam. 338. n. 8. — Calling Hare. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 250. 



Inhabits the fouthern extremity of the Ural mountains, about the Irtifh, and on the funny hills. 

 to the fouth of the Altaic chain. — It delights in funny vallies, and hills that are covered with grafs; 

 and feeds chiefly on the flowers and bark of the Cytifus fupinus, Robinia frutefcens, Cerafus pumila, 

 and Malus fylveftris ; digs holes in dry places, amid buflies, and leads a very retired life, feldom go- 

 ing to any diftance from its burrows ; thefe are long and intricate, with a very fmall entrance. They 

 are difcovered by means of their voice,^ which is very loud and fonorous, like the piping of a quail, 

 and may be heard to a great diftance ; it is repeated, at juft intervals, three, four, or even fix times, 

 moftly at night and morning, and never ;n winter or in bad weather. This is a gentle animal, and 

 is eafily tamed ; it fleeps little, but drinks frequently ; and is moft aftive in the night time : Its pace 

 is not at all quick, and is by leaps, as if the loins were very weak. The body is little more than fix 

 inches long, and weighs about four ounces and a half in fummer, though fcarcely two and a half in 

 winter; the outer fur is harfh, and of a pale grey tipt with black on the upper parts of the body;, 

 the lower parts of the fides and the feet are pale yellowifh, the breaft and belly are whitilh or hoary, 

 and the throat is hoary; under this is a very copious coat of very foft, long, and fine down, of a 

 brownifh lead colour : The head is more lengthened than that of any of the preceding fpecies of this 

 genus, with dark eyes like thofe of a Rat ; the body is {lender, weak, and unfteady ; and the legs are.- 

 fhort. 



14. Mountain Hare. — 11. Lepus aipinus. 11. 



Has fhort rounded ears, and no tail; is of a bright bay colour, with brown ears and hind 

 feet= Schreber, iv. t. ccxxxviii.. 



Lepus alpinus, or Alpine Hare. Pallas, It. ii. 569. 701. t. A, D°. Glir. 30. and 45. 59. t. 2. 

 and t. 4. f. 10. 12. Zimmerman. Erxl. mami 337. n. 7. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 248. Ar£t. zool. i. 

 n. 39. — Muftela daurica, or Daurian W -afel, with a reddifh back, a fhort thick bodv, and no tail, 

 called Ochodona daurica anaurinos. Catal. rnuf. Petrop. 343. n. 114. 115. 



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