Hare

Hare
Black-tailed jackrabbit Lepus californicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Mammalia
Sub-class	Theria
Infra-class	Eutheria
Order Information
Order	Lagomorpha
Family Information
Family	Leporidae
Genus Information
Genus	Lepus
Population statistics

A Hare is a lagomorph of the genus Lepus. They are often confused with rabbits, who are their close cousins. However, unlike rabbits, hares are precocial (born almost completely mature); this means, among other things, that hares are born with fur while rabbits are not.^[1] Hares live above ground, while rabbits tend to live in underground warrens. Hares are less social than rabbits.

Taxonomy[edit]

Order Lagomorpha, Family Leporidae, Genus Lepus

• Subgenus Eulagos

Broom hare, Lepus castroviejoi

Corsican hare, Lepus corsicanus

Ethiopian highland hare, Lepus starcki

European hare, Lepus europaeus

Granada hare, Lepus granatensis

Korean hare, Lepus coreanus

Manchurian hare, Lepus mandschuricus

White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii

Woolly hare, Lepus oiostolus

Yunnan hare, Lepus comus

• Subgenus Indolagus

Burmese hare, Lepus peguensis

Hainan hare, Lepus hainanus

Indian hare, Lepus nigricollis

• Subgenus Lepus

Alaskan hare, Lepus othus

Arctic hare, Lepus arcticus

Mountain hare, Lepus timidus

• Subgenus Macrotolagus

Antelope jackrabbit, Lepus alleni

• Subgenus Poecilolagus

Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus

• Subgenus Proeulagus

Black jackrabbit, Lepus insularis

Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus

Cape hare, Lepus capensis

Desert hare, Lepus tibetanus

Scrub hare, Lepus saxatilis

Tehuantepec jackrabbit, Lepus flavigularis

Tolai hare, Lepus tolai

White-sided jackrabbit, Lepus callotis

• Subgenus Sabanalagus

African savanna hare, Lepus microtis

Ethiopian hare, Lepus fagani

• Subgenus Sinolagus

Chinese hare, Lepus sinensis

• Subgenus Tarimolagus

Yarkand hare, Lepus yarkandensis

• Incertae sedis

Japanese hare, Lepus brachyurus

Abyssinian hare, Lepus habessinicus

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