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Little chief hare   /lˈɪtəl tʃif hɛr/   Listen
Little chief hare

noun
1.
North American pika.  Synonym: Ochotona princeps.






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"Little chief hare" Quotes from Famous Books



... it, and you will see plainly that the squeak is made by this tiny creature, like a quarter-grown Rabbit with short, round, white-rimmed ears and no visible tail. This is the curious little animal that cannot be happy anywhere but in the slide rock; this is the Calling Hare. "Little Chief Hare" is its Indian name, but it has many others of much currency, such as "Pika," and "Starved Rat," the latter because it is never fat. The driver calls it a "Coney," or "Rock Rabbit." In its colour, size, shape, and habits it differs from all other creatures in the ...
— Wild Animals at Home • Ernest Thompson Seton



Words linked to "Little chief hare" :   Ochotona, pika, mouse hare, Ochotona princeps, coney, genus Ochotona, rock rabbit, cony



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