HARES and RABBITS
Mammal         -          Vertebrate            -         Herbivore
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YOUNG HARE
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RABBIT
Rabbits:
Male:  Buck, Jack
Female:  Doe, Jill
Young: Kitten, Nestling
Hares:
Male:  Jackrabbit
Female:  Jill
Young:  Litter, Nest, Leveret
              Kit, Kittens,

​HARES:
  • Are larger than rabbits and have longer ears.
  • Born with eyes open and with fur.
  • Fur changes colour during the winter.
  • Live by themselves or in pairs.
  • Eat plants and grass.
  • Can run at speeds up to 45 miles per hour.
  • Main predators are owls and wolves.
  • Have an excellent sense of hearing and smell.
  • Are very shy.
  • Do not make good house pets.
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LOP-EARED RABBIT
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YOUNG RABBIT
RABBITS
  • Like to live in groups.
  • Lives underground in burrows, known as warrens.
  • Have long ears - can be as long as 4 inches.
  • Live to about 10 years.
  • Eat plants.
  • Born with eyes closed and without fur.
  • Teeth never stop growing, and when grinding their teeth it sounds like a purr.
  • Do not have good eyesight and can see behind themselves without moving their heads.
  • Make good house pets.
  • When rabbits jump and twist in excitement, it is known as a 'binky'.
  • if put on its back, the rabbit will go into tonic immobility and a trance.
  • The Sumatran rabbit is so rare and shy that the nearest humans have no word for it in their language.
  • A mother rabbit avoids spending too much time with their kttens so that they don't start to smell like her.  
  • Newborn rabbits are scentless, which is what keeps them safe.
  • Like the taste of liquorice.
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AN ARCTIC HARE
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HARE