mountain-hare

“That was Pertinax -- after he had shot his first mountain-hare with an arrow -- by chance!”

Puck of Pook's Hill

“That was Pertinax — after he had shot his first mountain-hare with an arrow — by chance!”

Puck of Pook’s Hill

“Very many species have more or less discontinuous ranges -- the mountain-hare, for instance, extending from the Arctic regions over the greater portion of Europe to the Ural”

Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions

“Thus, for instance, it is easy to understand that during the last cold epoch the mountain-hare would have had a continuous range; but that as the Arctic climate gradually receded to polar regions, the species would be able to survive in southern latitudes only on mountain ranges, and thus would become broken up into many discontinuous patches, corresponding with these ranges.”

Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions

“But they have done much more; they have turned road-side inns into "grand hotels"; they have clambered up on the world's heights, and built palatial abodes on the home of the mountain-hare and the eagle, where weak and worn invalids may mount without exertion, and drink in health and happiness with the freshest air of heaven.”

Six Months at the Cape