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Compared to the European rabbit, food passes through the gut more rapidly in the European hare, although digestion rates are similar. [19] It is sometimes coprophagial eating its own green, faecal pellets to recover undigested proteins and vitamins. [20] Two to three adult hares can eat more food than a single sheep. [21] Faecal pellets
European hare (above) compared with a mountain hare Stuffed mountain hare, showing the winter pelage The mountain hare is a large species, though it is slightly smaller than the European hare . It grows to a length of 45–65 cm (18–26 in), with a tail of 4–8 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –3 in), and a mass of 2–5.3 kg ( 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 ...
The latter once gave the European hare the Linnaean name Lepus timidus [33] that is now limited to the mountain hare. Several ancient fables depict the Hare in flight : In one, The Hares and the Frogs , they decide to commit mass suicide to relieve the angst of constantly fleeing threats, but reconsider when they startle frogs on the way to ...
It was later regarded as a subspecies of the European hare (L. europaeus) or both were treated as subspecies of the Cape hare (L. capensis). It is now often treated as a full species as it does not appear to hybridize with the European hare where their ranges overlap and studies of mitochondrial DNA suggest that it belongs to a distinct lineage ...
Both rabbits and hares are almost exclusively herbivorous (although some Lepus species are known to eat carrion), [5] [6] feeding primarily on grasses and herbs, although they also eat leaves, fruit, and seeds of various kinds. Easily digestible food is processed in the gastrointestinal tract and expelled as regular feces.
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Leporidae is a family of small mammals in the order Lagomorpha. A member of this family is called a leporid, or colloquially a hare or rabbit. They are widespread worldwide, and can be found in most terrestrial biomes, though primarily in forests, savannas, shrublands, and grasslands.
Lepus europaeus, the European hare, brown hare, Eastern jackrabbit or Eastern prairie hare, a mammal species native to northern, central and western Europe and western Asia Lycopus europaeus , the gypsywort, gipsywort, bugleweed, European bugleweed, water horehound or ou di sun, a perennial plant species native to Europe and Asia, and ...
Scrub hare in South Africa. Hares, members of genus Lepus of family Leporidae, are medium size mammals native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. North American jackrabbits are actually hares. Species vary in size from 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in) in length and have long powerful back legs, and ears up to 20 cm (8 in) in length.