mountain hare

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Lepus timidus

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mountain hare (plural mountain hares)

1. A Eurasian species of hare, Lepus timidus, found mainly in tundra regions. [from 19th c.]
   • 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 264:

     Mountain hares reproduce quickly, with each female having three litters of two or three pups between February and September.

   • 2023 April 5, “News in pictures: New livery adorns Cairngorm funicular”, in RAIL, number 980, page 28:

     The new livery features the native mountain hare and its predator the eagle, reflecting the wildlife of the mountain most known for their speed and agility.

2. (Canada, US) Any of various hares found in mountainous country, especially the snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus, and the white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendi). [from 20th c.]

• (Lepus timidus): alpine hare, blue hare, Irish hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare

• mountain hare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia