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Hares can be prepared in the same manner as rabbits—commonly roasted or parted for breading and frying. Hasenpfeffer (also spelled Hasenfeffer) is a traditional German stew made from marinated rabbit or hare, seasoned with black pepper (German Pfeffer) and other spices. Wine or vinegar is also a prominent ingredient, to lend a sourness to the ...
Skeleton of Alaskan Hare on display at the Museum of Osteology. Leporidae (/ l ə ˈ p ɔː r ɪ d iː,-d aɪ /) is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 70 species of extant mammals in all. The Latin word Leporidae means "those that resemble lepus" (hare). Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order ...
The domestic rabbit subspecies of the European rabbit has been domesticated. The 64 extant species of Leporidae are contained within 11 genera . One genus, Lepus , contains 32 species that are collectively referred to as hares; the other eight genera are generally referred to as rabbits, with the majority – 19 species – in Sylvilagus , or ...
Rabbits and hares move by jumping, pushing off with their strong hind legs and using their forelimbs to soften the impact on landing. Pikas lack certain skeletal modifications present in leporids , such as a highly arched skull, an upright posture of the head, strong hind limbs and pelvic girdle, and long limbs. [ 19 ]
Rabbits and hares have historically not occupied the same locations, and only became sympatric relatively recently; historic accounts describe antagonistic relationships between rabbits and hares, specifically between the European hare and European or cottontail rabbits, but scientific literature since 1956 has found no evidence of aggression ...
A Hare in the Forest by Hans Hoffmann (c. 1585) Gemüsestilleben mit Häschen ("Still Life with Rabbits") by Johann Georg Seitz (c. 1870). Rabbits and hares are common motifs in the visual arts, with variable mythological and artistic meanings in different cultures.
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Large-eared pika (Ochotona macrotis). Lagomorpha is an order of placental mammals, comprising the rabbits, hares, and pikas.Members of this order are called lagomorphs.
The lagomorphs (/ ˈ l æ ɡ ə m ɔː r f /) are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae . There are 110 recent species of lagomorph of which 109 are extant, including ten genera of rabbits (42 species), one genus of hare (33 species) and one ...