mountain hare
Snow-camouflaged lagomorph
A mountain hare is a hare native to northern regions of Europe and Asia, adapted to cold climates and high elevations.
Its coat turns white in winter for camouflage against snow, then brown or grayish in summer.
Also called the blue hare or Alpine hare.
Absence of pigment
- brownDark earth tone
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- moltShed outer covering
- pelageMammal's fur collectively
cryptic · concealment · blending · adaptation · disguise · mottled · survival · ermine
leveret
First-year hare
herbivore · grazing · browsing · whiskers · ears · fur · fluffy · pelage · cottontail · hindlegs
white
Absence of pigment
pelage · cryptic · concealment · blending · adaptation · disguise · mottled · survival · ermine · dappled
highland
Elevated, mountainous land
heather · peat · upland · Scotland · Scandinavia · fell · boreal · subarctic · snowfield · exposed
swift
Moving with speed
nimble · agile · bounding · leaping · sprint · bolt · dash · zigzag · evasion · hindlegs
- British Wildlifered deer, badgers, grey squirrel, foxes, otter
- mountain animalsibex, snow leopard, marmot, pika, chamois
- Northern wildlifereindeer, arctic fox, polar bear, lemming, moose
- haresLepus, leveret
- Moorland Wildlifecurlew, skylark, lapwing, dunlin, merlin
- Cairngormsptarmigan, red squirrel, Balmoral, pine marten, wildcats
mount, mountain, hare, mountainous, hares, mountainside, mountaineer, harebell, mountaineering