DCHP-1 Online
northern hare 
a species of hare, Lepus americanus, especially common in the North, so called because its fur is brown in summer and white in winter.
See also: varying hare
- 1866 The common Hare of Canada, or Northern Hare (Lepus Americanus), though one of those generally denominated throughout the country a "rabbit," is in its habits and anatomy a true hare, and presents the following very distinctive characteristics of the species:--its legs are much longer than those of the common rabbit; there is a greater disproportion between the length of the fore and hind legs; and the eye is yellow.
- 1866 The common Hare of Canada, or Northern Hare (Lepus Americanus), though one of those generally denominated throughout the country a "rabbit," is in its habits and anatomy a true hare, and presents the following very distinctive characteristics of the species:--its legs are much longer than those of the common rabbit; there is a greater disproportion between the length of the fore and hind legs; and the eye is yellow.