Mountain hare
| Mountain hare Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to recent | |
|---|---|
| In Norway, in summer coat | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Lepus |
| Species: | L. timidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepus timidus | |
| Mountain hare range (green - native, red - introduced) | |
The mountain hare (Lepus timidus), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a species of Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats.