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The desert hare is a lightly-built species with a small head. It grows to a head-and-body length of between 400 and 480 mm (16 and 19 in) with a tail of 87 to 109 mm (3.4 to 4.3 in). The upper parts are sandy-yellow to drab brown glossed with black, the hip area is greyish and the underparts yellowish-white.
The black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), also known as the American desert hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico, where it is found at elevations from sea level up to 10,000 ft (3,000 m). Reaching a length around 2 ft (61 cm), and a weight from 3 to 6 lb (1.4 to 2.7 kg), the black-tailed jackrabbit is one of ...
A Cape hare caught by an Asiatic cheetah in Miandasht Wildlife Refuge, Iran. The Cape hare is a nocturnal herbivore, feeding on grass and various shrubs. Coprophagy, the consumption of an organism's own fecal material to double the amount of time food spends in the digestive tract, is a common behaviour amongst rabbits and hares. This habit ...
Jugged hare, known as civet de lièvre in France, is a whole hare, cut into pieces, marinated, and cooked with red wine and juniper berries in a tall jug that stands in a pan of water. It traditionally is served with the hare's blood (or the blood is added right at the end of the cooking process) and port wine .
It can be found in grassy hills or plains, preferring habitats with large, desert shrubs above long grass. This species can also be found in more barren desert habitats. [ 5 ] A 2014 study focusing on ecology indicated that the ideal habitat for an antelope jackrabbit includes grassy ground cover and a mesquite overstory.
Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, grassland, and desert [23] Diet: Grass and herbs, as well as twigs and bark [22] LC Unknown [23] Broom hare. L. castroviejoi Arribas, 1977: Northern Spain: Size: 41–59 cm (16–23 in) long [24] Habitat: Forest and shrubland [25] Diet: Grass, herbs, field crops, twigs, buds, and bark [25] VU Unknown [25 ...
The desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), also known as Audubon's cottontail, is a New World cottontail rabbit, and a member of the family Leporidae.Unlike the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), they do not form social burrow systems, but compared with some other leporids, they are extremely tolerant of other individuals in their vicinity.
Desert hare may refer to: Desert hare (Lepus tibetanus), found in Northwest China; Cape hare (Lepus capensis), found in Africa and west/central Asia Hare (hieroglyph), depicting the Cape hare; Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), also called the American desert hare; found in the US and Mexico