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large: white in winter and 

 gray or brown in summer: 



EARS AS LONG AS THE HEAD. 

 LEGS MODERATELY LONG. 



POLAR HARE GROUkV j VARYING HARE, (lepus americanus). 



large: ears 5-horter than 

 head: pelage pure white, or 

 but 5lightly colored in 



SUMMER. 



ARCTIC REGIONS. 

 6 SPECIES. 





POLAR HARE, 



/VARYING HARE T 



(LEPUS ARTICUS). 



[ GROUP. 





( NORTHERN UNITED STATES 





1 AND CANADA. 



^W; ftt %\ 



V 4 SPECIES. 







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' Sa /hare./ 



RABBIT GROUP. 



small: colors constant; never 

 white: legs short weak runners, 



EARS SHORT. 



UNITED STATES GENERALLY, 

 MEXICO. AND SOUTH TO COSTA RICA. 

 12 SPECIES 



PRAIRIE HARE, 



(LEPUS CAMPE5TRIS). 



large: ears longer than 

 head: hind legs long 

 and strong: color 

 variable. 



NrW. UNITED STATES.' 



JACK HARE 



(OR JACK RABBIT )QR0UP.l 



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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'Us 



'Mr, 



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u <sj 



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JACKy>ABBIT'; 



(LEPUS CALLOTIS). 



DIAGRAM OF THE 



HAREAND RABBIT FAMILY 



IN NORTH AMERICA, 



Showing the relationships and 



COMPAR1TIVE SIZES OF THE 

 P1VE GROUPS. 



Copyright 1903 by W. T. Hornaday. 



THE NORTH AMERICAN HARES AND RABBITS. 

 A bird's-eye view. 



