Artic Hare

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Lepus arcticus 

     The arctic hare inhabits the tundra regions of Canada from Newfoundland west to the Mackenzie delta and north to the tip of Ellesmere Island. On the high Arctic islands where hares retain their white coats year-round, they sometimes band together into groups of up to 200 individuals. 
     As adults they have few enemies besides the wolf. Some young hares, however, are taken by gyrfalcons, snowy owls, Arctic foxes, and ermine. 
    In the extreme cold of the Arctic winter, hares dig dens in hardened drifts, and, while resting, they sit on their well-furred hind feet hunched into a heat-conserving ball. When alarmed, however, they rise up on their hind legs to look for danger and then bound off at top speed. Hopping upright on their hind legs like a kangaroo, they can reach speeds estimated to be in excess of 50 km/h. 
 

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