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snowshoe hare
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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the varying hare, so called because of the heavy winter feathering on its feet; also, in some areas, the Arctic hare.
Quotations
1936
In the "Good Rabbit Years," when the woods were overrun with snowshoe hares, and the lynx and foxes that preyed upon them were plentiful, the beaver were left practically untouched.
1965
On the long drive . . . we noticed a number of snowshoe hares on the highway.