The mountain hare was @SpeciesofUK from 27th
January to 2nd February 2013.
The
mountain hare, ‘Lepus timidus,’ is found from eastern Siberia to Norway. There
are isolated pockets elsewhere, including in Scotland in the UK, the Alps,
Ireland, the Baltics, Poland and, remarkably, the island of Hokkaido in Japan.
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| Mountain Hare, Scotland [Source: Andrew Easton] |
The mountain hare is also known as the blue hare, tundra hare,
variable hare, white hare, snow hare and alpine hare. (Just don't mix the mountain hare up with the arctic
hare! That's a native of Canada/Greenland and a different species altogether.)
