7 Animals That Turn White in Winter
Hares: Several species of hares—including the Arctic hare the mountain hare and the snowshoe hare turn from brown or grayish to white in the winter.
Weasels: Three species of weasels swap their warm summer browns for icy whites.
Peary Caribou: A subspecies of caribou native to the High Arctic of Canada and Greenland, Peary caribou exchange their silvery summer coats for white ones with the coming of winter.
Collared Lemmings: Lemmings in the genus Dicrostonyx, which comprises an indeterminate number of species.
Ptarmigans: All three species of ptarmigans—a genus of birds related to grouse, chickens, and pheasants—trade their scalloped brown plumage for white feathers.
Siberian Hamsters: This is probably the only animal on this list that you can actually keep as a pet.