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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...of the climate, for-when the cold passed away, the plain is believed not to have suited the hare any more. and it retired to the more congenial atmosphere of the mountain tops. This view, first promulgated, I think, by Edward Forbes, has been almost universally adopted (see p. 449). Certainly, as Darwinhas remarked (p. 21 a, 331), it explains the presence of Arctic forms on the Alps and other mountains in a most satisfactory manner. Still, I venture to think the Glacial Period did not play so important a role in the present distribution of the Arctic hare. We need only look at Ireland and at Sweden. In both countries this hare inhabits the plain as well as the mountains. Moreover, it flourishes in the former country where there is hardly any snow, and where the temperature in winter approaches that of Southern Europe. It seems to me unlikely, therefore, that this hare should have left the plain of Central Europe and France, on account of the passing away of the cold, and we must seek for other causes to explain its peculiar geographical range. The European hare (Lepus europaeus) never lived in Ireland, but it did inhabit Sweden, where it is now extinct. Attempts have been made in both countries to introduce it, but without success. On the other hand, we find it stated, in the "Zoologia Danica" (97), that, in severe winters when the Sound between Southern Sweden and Denmark becomes covered with ice, the Arctic hare migrates across to the latter country. Nevertheless, although this migration must have taken place on very numerous occasions for centuries past, it has never been able to settle down in the country, whilst the European hare thrives there. Both hares can stand extremes of temperature perfectly well, but their range does not overlap anywh...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236336514
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 38
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1236336518
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 86 gr


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