The Arctic Hare (polar rabbit) is a species of hare that is adapted largely to polar and mountainous habitats. The beautiful arctic hare survives with a thick coat of fur and frequently digs holes in the ground or under the snow to keep warm and sleep.
Arctic hares same as rabbits but have shorter ears, but taller when standing and can thrive in cold climates. The lovely arctic hare is one of the largest living lagomorphs, and on average measures from 43 to 70 cm. They normally travel together with many other hares. This beautiful little animal occasionally huddles with dozens or more but is typically found alone taking in some cases, more than one partner.
They can run up to 60 KM per hour. Its predators include the arctic wolf, arctic fox, and ermine. Usually, the arctic hare has been important to Native Americans. These fairly plenteous animals are hunted as a food source and for their fur, which is used to make clothing. Foods are scarce in the Arctic but hare diet contains primarily woody plants also including buds, berries, leaves, and grasses.
They can live over the tundra regions of Greenland and northernmost parts of Canada and Southern Labrador. Its coat color molting and growing new fur from brown or gray in the summer to white in the winter, similar to some other arctic animals including ermine and ptarmigan, enabling it to remain camouflaged as their environments change.