ALPINE HARE. 
I HE Lepus Alpinus, or Mountain Hare, of 
Schreber, Pallas, and Zimmerman, is called^ 
by Pennant, the Alpine Hare, which name we 
have adopted. It has som.etimcs been de- 
scribed as the Daurian Vv^eascl, or Mustela 
Daiirica, with a reddish back; a short thick 
bodyj and no taiL 
By Schreber, it is chara6lerised as having 
short rounded ears, and no tail ; being of a 
bright bay colour, with brovv^n ears and hind 
Feet.. - 
Pennant describes the Alpine Hare, as hav- 
mg short, broad, rounded ears ; the head long; 
very long whiskers ; and two very long hairs 
ibovQ each eye. The colour of the fur is, at 
he bottom, dusky; to\Vards the ends, bnghtly 
jFerruginous ; the tips white: intermixed, there 
|ire several long dusky hairs ; but, on first in- 
>pe6lion, the v^hole seems of a bright bay. 
The upper part of the throaty how^ever, is 
somewhat 
