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Definition of Little chief hare
1. Noun. North American pika.
Generic synonyms: Coney, Cony, Mouse Hare, Pika, Rock Rabbit
Group relationships: Genus Ochotona, Ochotona
Lexicographical Neighbors of Little Chief Hare
Literary usage of Little chief hare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flame, Electricity and the Camera: Man's Progress from the First Kindling of by George Iles (1900)
"... has secured portraits of the very shyest quadrupeds of the Rockies; his picture
of the pika, or little chief hare, is of unexampled rarity (Plate XII). ..."
2. Camp-fires in the Canadian Rockies by William Temple Hornaday (1906)
"The vastness of the mountains makes one feel so small that even a chipmunk or a
little chief " hare " is welcomed on the basis of brotherhood in the great ..."
3. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"Now this little neighbor of Whistler is little chief hare. ... He is called Little
Chief Hare, but he is n'ta Hare at all, although he looks much like a ..."
4. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"Frequently one of the little fellows will pop out and, looking quickly about to
see if the coast is clear, will hurry off to gather little chief hare, ..."
5. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1890)
"Tne little chief hare is an exceedingly interesting animal, and much has yet to
be learned of its habits. Very little larger than the common rat, ..."
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