My 1967 Canadian Proof-Like Set
The Rabbit by Alex Colville Mintage - 36,876,574

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There are two kinds of rabbits and three kinds of hares native to Canada. The eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) lives in southern Ontario and Manitoba. Nuttall's cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) ranges north into southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. The other Canadian hares are the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), which is found across the forested areas of Canada north to the treeline, and the white-tailed jack rabbit (Lepus townsendii), which is restricted to the prairies of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The European hare (Lepus europaeus) is found in southern Ontario since being introduced there.

The Rabbit symbolizes fertility, new life, and promise.