Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. (Four other species of leporid in the genera Caprolagus and Pronolagus are also called "hares".) Very young hares are called leverets. Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Caprolagus Pronolagus Lepus Leporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. ... For other uses, see Genus (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Caprolagus hispidus (Pearson, 1839) The Hispid Hare, Caprolagus hispidus, is a leporid native to the foothills of the Himalaya. ... Pronolagus is a genus of mammal in the Leporidae family. ...

They are very fast moving. The European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) can run at speeds of up to 70 km/h (45 mph). Hares live solitarily or in pairs, whilst "a drove of hares" is the collective noun for a group of hares. Binomial name Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 The European Hare (Lepus europaeus) is a species of hare native to Europe and western Asia. ... Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ... Look up Solitary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In linguistics, a collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, inanimate things, concepts, or other things. ...

A common type of hare in arctic North America is the Snowshoe Hare, replaced further south by the Black-tailed Jackrabbit, White-tailed Jackrabbit and other species. North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Binomial name Lepus americanus Erxleben, 1777 The Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) is a species of hare found in North America. ... Binomial name Lepus californicus Gray, 1837 The Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), aso known as the Desert Hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico, found at elevations from sea level to up to 3000 m. ... Binomial name Lepus townsendii Bachman, 1839 The White-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the Prairie Hare and the White Jack, is a hare found in western North America. ...

Normally a shy animal, the European Brown Hare changes its behaviour in spring, when hares can be seen in broad daylight chasing one another around meadows; this appears to be competition between males to attain dominance (and hence more access to breeding females). During this spring frenzy, hares can be seen "boxing"; one hare striking another with its paws (This is probably the origin of the term "mad as a March hare"). For a long time it had been thought that this was more inter-male competition, but closer observation has revealed that it is usually a female hitting a male; either to show that she is not yet quite ready to mate, or as a test of his determination. Beware! The March hare at the ready To be as mad as a March hare is an English idiomatic phrase derived from the observed antics, said to occur (incorrectly)[1] only in the March breeding season of the Hare, genus Lepus. ...

Differences from rabbits

Hares do not bear their young below ground in a burrow as do other Leporidae, but rather in a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass called a form. Young hares are adapted to the lack of physical protection offered by a burrow by being born fully furred and with eyes open. They are hence able to fend for themselves very quickly after birth, that is to say they are precocial. By contrast, the related rabbits and cottontail rabbits are altricial, having young that are born blind and hairless. A burrow is a hole or tunnel dug into the ground by an animal to create a space suitable for habitation, temporary refuge, or as a byproduct of locomotion. ... In biology, precocial species are those that are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. ... For other uses, see Rabbit (disambiguation). ... Type species Lepus sylvaticus Bachman, 1837 (=Lepus sylvaticus floridanus J. Allen, 1890) Species 16, see text The cottontail rabbits are the 16 lagomorph species in the genus Sylvilagus, found in the Americas. ... In bird and mammal biology, altricial species are those whose newly hatched or born young are relatively immobile, have closed eyes, lack hair or down, and must be cared for by the adults. ...

All rabbits (except the cottontail rabbits) live underground in burrows or warrens, while hares (and cottontail rabbits) live in simple nests above the ground, and usually do not live in groups. Hares are generally larger than rabbits, with longer ears, and have black markings on their fur. Hares have not been domesticated, while rabbits are often kept as house pets.

The hare's diet is very similar to that of the rabbit.

Classification

A Cape Hare Lepus capensis

• Genus Lepus ^[1]
  • Subgenus Macrotolagus
    • Antelope Jackrabbit, Lepus alleni
  • Subgenus Poecilolagus
    • Snowshoe Hare, Lepus americanus
  • Subgenus Lepus
    • Arctic Hare, Lepus arcticus
    • Alaskan Hare, Lepus othus
    • Mountain Hare, Lepus timidus
  • Subgenus Proeulagus
    • Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
    • White-sided Jackrabbit, Lepus callotis
    • Cape Hare, Lepus capensis
    • Tehuantepec Jackrabbit, Lepus flavigularis
    • Black Jackrabbit, Lepus insularis
    • Scrub Hare, Lepus saxatilis
    • Desert Hare, Lepus tibetanus
    • Tolai Hare, Lepus tolai
  • Subgenus Eulagos
    • Broom Hare, Lepus castroviejoi
    • Yunnan Hare, Lepus comus
    • Korean Hare, Lepus coreanus
    • Corsican Hare, Lepus corsicanus
    • European Hare, Lepus europaeus
    • Granada Hare, Lepus granatensis
    • Manchurian Hare, Lepus mandschuricus
    • Woolly Hare, Lepus oiostolus
    • Ethiopian Highland Hare, Lepus starcki
    • White-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
  • Subgenus Sabanalagus
    • Ethiopian Hare, Lepus fagani
    • African Savanna Hare, Lepus microtis
  • Subgenus Indolagus
    • Hainan Hare, Lepus hainanus
    • Indian Hare, Lepus nigricollis
    • Burmese Hare, Lepus peguensis
  • Subgenus Sinolagus
    • Chinese Hare, Lepus sinensis
  • Subgenus Tarimolagus
    • Yarkand Hare, Lepus yarkandensis
  • Subgenus incertae sedis
    • Japanese Hare, Lepus brachyurus
    • Abyssinian Hare, Lepus habessinicus

Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 778 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1622 × 1250 pixels, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 778 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1622 × 1250 pixels, file size: 3. ... // Geographic Range The antelope jackrabbit is found primarily in the southwest United States and is most densely populated in the state of Arizona. ... Binomial name Lepus americanus Erxleben, 1777 The Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) is a species of hare found in North America. ... Binomial name Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758 The Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) is a hare, which is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. ... Binomial name Merriam, 1900 The Alaskan Hare (Lepus othus) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... Binomial name Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758 The Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) is a hare, which is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. ... Binomial name Lepus californicus Gray, 1837 The Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), aso known as the Desert Hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico, found at elevations from sea level to up to 3000 m. ... ... Binomial name Lepus capensis L., 1758 The Cape, Common or Brown Hare (Lepus capensis) is a hare natively found throughout Africa, and has spread to many parts of the Europe, Middle East and Asia, and was introduced to Australia. ... [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Lepus flavigularis Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} {{{subdivision_ranks}}} [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} The Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) is easily distinguished from other species of jackrabbits by two black stripes that run from the base of the ears to the nape, and by their... Binomial name W. Bryant, 1891 The Black Jackrabbit (Lepus insularis) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... The Scrub Hare, lepus saxatilis, is a species of hare found in South Africa, parts of central Africa, and Namibia. ... Binomial name Palacios, 1976 The Broom Hare (Lepus castroviejoi) is a species of hare endemic to northern Spain. ... Binomial name Allen, 1927 The Yunnan Hare (Lepus comus) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... Binomial name Lepus coreanus Thomas, 1892 The Korean Hare (Lepus coreanus) is a species of hare found in Korea and northeastern China. ... Binomial name Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 The European Hare or Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) is a species of hare native to northern, central, and western Europe and western Asia. ... Binomial name Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer, 1856 The Granada Hare (Lepus granatensis), also known as the Iberian Hare, is a hare species that can be found on the Iberian peninsula and on the island of Mallorca. ... Binomial name Lepus mandschuricus Radde, 1861 The Manchurian Hare (Lepus mandschuricus) is a species of hare found in northeastern China, the Amur River basin, and in the higher mountains of northern Korea. ... Binomial name Hodgson, 1840 The Woolly Hare (Lepus oiostolus) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... Binomial name Petter, 1963 The Ethiopian Highland Hare (Lepus starcki) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... Binomial name Lepus townsendii Bachman, 1839 The White-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the Prairie Hare and the White Jack, is a hare found in western North America. ... Binomial name Thomas, 1903 The Ethiopian Hare (Lepus fagani) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... Binomial name Heuglin,1865 Synonyms Lepus victoriae Thomas, 1893 The African Savanna Hare (Lepus microtis) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... Binomial name Lepus hainanus Swinhoe, 1870 Hainan hare (Lepus hainanus) is a species of hare endemic to Hainan Island, China. ... Binomial name Lepus nigricollis F. Cuvier, 1823 The Indian Hare (Lepus nigricollis), also known as the Black-naped Hare, is a common species of hare found in South Asia. ... Binomial name Blyth, 1855 The Burmese Hare (Lepus peguensis) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... Binomial name Gray, 1832 The Chinese Hare (Lepus sinensis) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... Binomial name Günther, 1875 The Yarkand or Yarkland Hare (Lepus yarkandensis) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ... Incertae sedis—of uncertain position (seat)—is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. ... // Geographic Range The Japanese Hare is found on the continent of Asia. ... Binomial name Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832 The Abyssinian Hare (Lepus habessinicus) is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. ...

Folklore and mythology

"How to allure the Hare". Facsimile of a Miniature in the Manuscript of Phoebus (Fifteenth Century).

The hare in African folk tales is a trickster: some of the stories about the hare were retold among African slaves in America, and are the basis of the Brer Rabbit stories. The hare appears in English folklore in the saying "as mad as a March hare". Download high resolution version (1310x757, 36 KB)How to allure the Hare. ... Download high resolution version (1310x757, 36 KB)How to allure the Hare. ... The trickster figure Reynard the Fox as depicted in an 1869 childrens book by Michel Rodange. ... Slave redirects here. ... Brer Rabbit is the hero of the Uncle Remus stories derived from African-American folktales of the US South. ... The March Hare, often called the Mad March Hare, is a character from the tea party scene in Lewis Carrolls Alices Adventures in Wonderland. ...

Many cultures, including the Indian and Japanese, see a hare in the pattern of dark patches in the moon (see Man in the Moon). The constellation Lepus represents a hare. There is evidence to suggest that there was some sort of taboo regarding hares in the Proto-Indo-European culture; this is especially notable due to the likelihood that the common word for hare, *kasos, which literally means "the grey one", was a euphemism for a previous and now lost word for hare.^{[citation needed]} The Lunar maria (singular: mare, IPA: //) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earths Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... For the J. R. R. Tolkien folklore, see Man in the Moon (Middle-earth). ... Lepus (IPA: , Latin: ) is a constellation, lying just south of the Celestial equator, below the constellation Orion, and possibly representing a hare being chased by Orion the hunter. ... This article is about cultural prohibitions in general, for other uses, see Taboo (disambiguation). ... Proto-Indo-European (PIE) may refer to: Proto-Indo-European language the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages Proto-Indo-Europeans, the hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language Proto-Indo-European roots, A list of reconstructed Proto-Indo-European roots Categories: | ...

According to Jewish tradition, hares are among four mammals deemed not Kosher. Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה; also transliterated as Halakhah, Halacha, Halakhot and Halachah with pronunciation emphasis on the third syllable, kha), is the collective corpus of Jewish religious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot) and later talmudic and rabbinic law as well as customs and traditions. ... Kosher foods are those that meet certain criteria of Jewish law. ...

Famous hares

A Young Hare, watercolor, 1502, by Albrecht Dürer.

• Jack Hare, central character in Kit Williams' treasure hunt book Masquerade
• Bucky O'Hare
• Jazz Jackrabbit
• Hare from Monster Rancher
• Hartley Hare from Pipkins
• Mad March Hare from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Hare Jordan, Bugs Bunny's alter-ego in a Nike advertisement campaign alongside Michael Jordan.
• Night of the Lepus features a number of murderous hares.
• Two hares travelled with The Animals of Farthing Wood
• The hare in the fable The Tortoise and the Hare, attributed to Aesop.
• A large number of hares appear in the Redwall series of books and are almost always militaristic, particularly those from Salamandastron, and have an affected speech pattern.
• Peppy Hare from the Star Fox series of video games
• Zayats, the hare from the Russian cartoon Nu, pogodi!

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Three hares

Main article: Three hares

Recent (2004) research has followed the history and migration of a symbolic image of three hares with conjoined ears. In this image, three hares are seen chasing each other in a circle with their heads near its centre. While each of the animals appears to have two ears, only three ears are depicted. The ears form a triangle at the centre of the circle and each is shared by two of the hares. The image has been traced from Christian churches in the English county of Devon right back along the Silk Road to China, via Western and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. It is possible that even before its appearance in China it was actually first depicted in the Middle East before being re-imported centuries later. Its use has been found associated with Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Buddhist sites stretching back to about 600 CE. The three hares is a circular motif which appears in sacred sites from the Far East to the churches of south west England (where it is often referred to as the Tinners’ Rabbits). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Part of the seafront of Torquay, south Devon, at high tide Devon is a large county in South West England, bordered by Cornwall to the west, and Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... The Silk Road extending from Southern Europe through Arabia, Egypt, Persia, India till China. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Islam (Arabic: ; ( â–¶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by...

Placenames

The hare has given rise to local placenames as they can often be repeatedly observed over many years in favoured localities. An example in Scotland is 'Murchland', the Scots for a hare being 'Murchen'.^[2] Scots may refer to: people from Scotland (i. ...

References

External links

• The Three Hares Project
• BBC Living World section about Hares