VARYING HARE , (lepusjwericanus) 
LARGE. EARS SHORTER THAN 
head: pelagepure white, or 
BUT SLIGHTLY COLORED IN 
SUMMER 
ARCTIC REGIONS. 
6 SPECIES. 
'VARYING HARE 7 
GROUP/ 
NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
AND CANADA. 
4 SPECIES. 
RABBIT GROUP. 
small: colors constant; never 
white: legs short weak runners. 
EARS SHORT. 
UNITED STATES GENERALLY, 
MEXICO, AND SOUTH TO COSTA RICA 
12 SPECIES 
large: slender; legs long 
and strong; swift, 
ears very long and large 
colors constant. 
S:W. UNITED STATES, 
PACIFIC STATES & MEXICO. 
7 SPECIES. / 
CALLOtlS) 
large: white in winter and 
GRAY OR BROWN IN SUMMER: 
EARS AS LONG AS THE HEAD: 
LEGS MODERATELY LONG. 
POLAR HARE 
(LEPUS ARTICUS) 
oU .WL RABBIT^ 
- . I l%%r 
' . Jfe.. IM '■ < f 
PRAIRIE HARE, 
(LEPUS CAMPESTRIS) 
large: ears longer than 
HEAD: HIND LEGS LONG 
AND strong: COLOR 
VARIABLE. 
N.-W. UNITED STATES 
m 
DIAGRAM OF THE 
HARE and RABBIT FAMILY 
IN NORTH AMERICA, 
SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIPS AND 
COMPARATIVE SIZES OF THE 
FIVE GROUPS. 
Copyiight 1903 by W. T. Hornaday. 
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