Educational resources on Arctic Hare

Arctic Hare or Lepus timidus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Arctic Hare

Academic web links for the Arctic Hare.

THE ARCTIC HARE
The Arctic hare's Latin name is Lepus Arcticus and the snowshoe hare's Latin name is Lepus Americanus. The Arctic hare is very big, well over a half meter tall when sitting.
www.ucls.uchicago.edu/students/projects/1996-97/Hillocks96/arctic_hare.html

Arctic Hare/Eagle
Arctic Hare/Eagle (20th C.) Kellypalik Qimirpik (b. 1940) Cape Dorset green serpentine Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boehnke
oldsite.capital.edu/schumacher/permanent/artwork.cfm?a=252

Arctic Tundra
Other animals, such as the Arctic hare, musk ox, and ptarmigan, have adaptations that allow them to survive the fierce conditions of the Arctic tundra year-round.
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/polar/arctic_tundra.html

ADW: Lepus arcticus: Information
Arctic hare are distributed through the tundra of Canada from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Mackenzie delta of the Northwest Territories. They are also found on arctic islands
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepus_arcticus.html

ASK Archive 2001: Arctic animals - what do they eat
...>arctic hare, 4) walrus, 5) caribou, 6) polar bear, 7) arctic tern, 8) >arctic fox. Now, for one part of my project I have to indentify each of
whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask01/0111.html

North American Mammals: Lepus arcticus
The beautiful Arctic Hare has a far northerly distribution in the tundra of Greenland and Canada. Arctic Hares are larger, heavier, and more thickly furred than Snowshoe Hares.
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=136

THE ARCTIC WOLF
Wolves mainly eat Arctic hare, musk ox, Arctic fox, caribou, and lemmings. Wolves will often go days without food, but then can eat 10 pounds of meat at
www.ucls.uchicago.edu/students/projects/1996-97/Hillocks96/arctic_wolf.html

ADW: 5_27_021.jpg
Lepus arcticus (Arctic hare) ... Thule Air Base, Greenland 76 31.992 N 068 30.372 W ELEVATION 398 FT
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/richard_evans/5_27_021.jpg/view.html

Tundra 5
Arctic hare, or snowshoe rabbit, and lemming feed on grass and sedge. Predators include the wolf, artic fox, and snowy owl. Polar bears, and sometimes brown bears are seen.
ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/tundra5/tundra5.html

Arctic Studies Center
The Eskimo are well acquainted with these birds and with their habits; and one man told me he had seen these owls catch the large Arctic hare by planting one foot in the hare's
www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/owl.html