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Hares and Jackrabbits
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Hares and Jackrabbits

Lepus

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified into the same family as rabbits. They are similar in size and form to rabbits and eat the same diet. They are generally herbivorous and long-eared, they are fast runners, and they typically live solitarily or in pairs. Hare species are native to Africa, Eurasia, North America, and the Japanese archipelago.

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25 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 35 known species

Old World Hares

subgenusEulagos

Black-tailed Jackrabbit

speciesLepus californicus

New World Hares

subgenusPoecilolagus

White-tailed Jackrabbit

speciesLepus townsendii

Snow Hares

subgenusLepus

Scrub Hare

speciesLepus saxatilis

Indian Hares

subgenusIndolagus

Granada Hare

speciesLepus granatensis

Cape Hare

speciesLepus capensis

Mexican Jackrabbits

subgenusMacrotolagus

Desert and Tolai Hares

subgenusProeulagus

African Savanna Hare

speciesLepus microtis

Woolly Hare

speciesLepus oiostolus

East Asian Hares

subgenusSinolagus

Japanese Hare

speciesLepus brachyurus

White-sided Jackrabbit

speciesLepus callotis

Apennine Hare

speciesLepus corsicanus

Abyssinian Hare

speciesLepus habessinicus

Alta Mira Jackrabbit

speciesLepus altamirae

West Sahara hare

speciesLepus saharae

Mediterranean hare

speciesLepus mediterraneus

Moroccan Hare

speciesLepus schlumbergeri

African Savannah and Ethiopian Hares

subgenusSabanalagus

Tehuantepec jackrabbit

speciesLepus flavigularis

Tarim Hares

subgenusTarimolagus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Hares and Jackrabbits in De rerum varietate

De rerum varietate

Cardano, Girolamo · 1557 · p.443

Hares and Jackrabbits in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

1507 · p.571

Hares and Jackrabbits in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.313

Hares and Jackrabbits in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.298

Hares and Jackrabbits in Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.629

Hares and Jackrabbits in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.702

Hares and Jackrabbits in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.547

Hares and Jackrabbits in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.541

Hares and Jackrabbits in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.500

Hares and Jackrabbits in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.561

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