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Lepus arcticus
Large hare with very large feet. Winter coat is pure white, except the black tip on the ears. The summer coat is bluish grey. Legs are always white. The large feet help running over the snow.
Arctic Tundra, usually close to shrubby areas for food and cover.. It feeds on leaves, roots and bark of willows and herbaceous plants. In winter, it moves to windy slopes where the snow cover is thiner.
Spotted on Aug 26, 2013
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013
7 Comments
Thank you, Marta and Alice!
Like your pictures and your information!
Is really cute! Thanks for sharing! :-)
Lovely!
You are welcome Olivier.
Thank you Luis!
This one even made an arctic fox to run away! It is really a huge hare.
Nice!