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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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Nov. 27 begins rifle-hunting deer season statewide and bear season for Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) that are in the extended season, including 1B, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A,4B,4C,4D,4E, 5A,5B ...
The European beaver was hunted almost to extinction, but is now being re-introduced throughout the continent. The three European lagomorphs are the European rabbit, mountain hare and European hare. Roe deer, a common European ungulate. Widespread and locally common ungulates are boar, moose, roe deer, red deer, reindeer, wisent, chamois and argali.
The largest European dietary study to date, a multi-year analysis from Hungary, showed that European hare (Lepus europaeus) were the primary foods, making up 27.4% of a total of 8,543 prey items. The second best represented prey in Hungary was the European hamster ( Cricetus cricetus ), at 12.71% of the diet.