ARCTIC HARE(LEPUS ARCTICUS):-

NORTH AMERICA`S LARGEST HARE TIPS THE SCALES AT 12 POUNDS(5.4KG) OR MORE MEASURES UP TO 27 INCHES (69CM) FROM NOSE TO TAIL AND IS NOT AVERSE TO EATING MEAT.

ATTRACTED BY THE BAIT IN FOX TRAPS,THESE HARES OFTEN TRAP THEMSELVES.THE ARCTIC HARE MAKES ITS HOME IN TREELESS TUNDRA THEY HUDDLE ABOVE FOR A SUNBATH.A CLOSE RELATIVE,THE ALASKAN HARE, LARGE,DENSELY FURRED FEET,SHORT EARS,AND A CHUNKY BODY ENCASED IN WOOLLY WHITE FUR EQUIP THE HARE FOR LIFE TIME IN THE FROZEN WASTES.IN WINTER,ONLY ITS EYES AND BLACK EARS TIPS SHOW AGAINST THE SNOW.STOUT FORECLAWS DIG THROUGH CRUSTED SNOW FOR VEGETATION,AND PROTRUDING,TWEEZER LIKE TEETH CAN SCRAPE MOSS AND LICHEN FROM ROCKY CRANNIES.

MATING TAKES PLACE IN EARLY SPRING,OFTEN AFTER SARRING BETWEEN BUCKS.LITTERS OF UP TO EIGHT ARE BORN IN JUNE OR JULY.