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The Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) is a hare
Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Very young hares, less than one year old, are called leverets....
 which is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. It was once considered a subspecies of the Mountain Hare
Mountain Hare

The Mountain Hare , also known as Blue Hare, Tundra Hare, Variable Hare, White Hare, Alpine Hare and Irish Hare, is a hare, which is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats....
, but it is now regarded as a separate species.

s distributed over the tundra
Tundra

In physical geography, tundra is an biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term tundra comes from Kildin Sami tund?r, which means "uplands, treeless mountain tract." There are two types of tundra: Arctic tundra and alpine tundra....
 regions of Greenland
Greenland

Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
 and the northernmost parts of Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 as well as Alaska
Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
. In the far north, the hare becomes white during the winter to blend with the snow, similar to the ptarmigan
Ptarmigan

The Ptarmigan, Lagopus mutaThe word ptarmigan comes from the Scottish Gaelic language t?rmachan, which may be related to torm "murmur"....
 and turns a gray-brown color during the summer months to blend with the mud and rock.

s an average of long, and it weighs about .

Arctic Hare mainly eats woody plants.






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The Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) is a hare
Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Very young hares, less than one year old, are called leverets....
 which is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. It was once considered a subspecies of the Mountain Hare
Mountain Hare

The Mountain Hare , also known as Blue Hare, Tundra Hare, Variable Hare, White Hare, Alpine Hare and Irish Hare, is a hare, which is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats....
, but it is now regarded as a separate species.

Range

It is distributed over the tundra
Tundra

In physical geography, tundra is an biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term tundra comes from Kildin Sami tund?r, which means "uplands, treeless mountain tract." There are two types of tundra: Arctic tundra and alpine tundra....
 regions of Greenland
Greenland

Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
 and the northernmost parts of Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 as well as Alaska
Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
. In the far north, the hare becomes white during the winter to blend with the snow, similar to the ptarmigan
Ptarmigan

The Ptarmigan, Lagopus mutaThe word ptarmigan comes from the Scottish Gaelic language t?rmachan, which may be related to torm "murmur"....
 and turns a gray-brown color during the summer months to blend with the mud and rock.

Size

It is an average of long, and it weighs about .

Diet

The Arctic Hare mainly eats woody plants. It eats buds, berries, leaves and grass. It has a keen sense of smell and may dig for willow twigs under the snow.

Subspecies

There are four subspecies of this hare:
  • Lepus arcticus arcticus
  • Lepus arcticus bangsii
  • Lepus arcticus groenlandicus
  • Lepus arcticus monstrabilis