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7 Animals That Turn White in Winter
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Canada: snowshoe hare Arctic fox Snowshoe hare Stoat Peary caribou Northern collared lemming with gray, brown, and white fur sits on mossy ground on Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada. Ptarmigan Dzhungarian (or Siberian) hamster An arctic fox with thick white fur stands on snowy ground, with snow-covered rocks in the background.
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Canada: snowshoe hare
Like many animals in the Arctic tundra, the snowshoe hare changes color every year....
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Arctic fox
Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus).
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Snowshoe hare
Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus).
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Stoat
Stoat, or short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea).
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Peary caribou
Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi).
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Collared lemming
Northern collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus), Victoria Island,...
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Ptarmigan
Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus).
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Dzhungarian (or Siberian) hamster
Dzhungarian (or Siberian) hamster (Phodopus sungorus).
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Arctic fox
Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus).
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