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(a) Rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta (photographs by Jared Hughey) and (b) snowshoe hares Lepus americanus (research photographs by Mills lab) both undergo complete biannual moults, shedding into a thicker, white plumage/pelage before winter and a thinner, dark plumage/pelage before summer. (Online version in colour.)
