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Actually, both of them are Hares - but no, they are not the same. However, both of them have white coats in Winter and brown coats in Summer: the brown summer coat blends in with tundra vegetation and white winter coat provides camoflauge against snow.

Arctic Hare = Lepus timidus

Snowshoe Hare = Lepus americano

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