HARES and RABBITS
Mammal         -          Vertebrate            -         Herbivore

YOUNG HARE

RABBIT

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Rabbits:

Male:  Buck, Jack

Female:  Doe, Jill

Young: Kitten, Nestling

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Hares:

Male:  Jackrabbit

Female:  Jill

Young:  Litter, Nest, Leveret
              Kit, Kittens,

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​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.

LOP-EARED RABBIT

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.

Visit:  Hares and Rabbits:  COLLECTIVE NOUNS, SIMILES, IDIOMS, METAPHORS and EXPRESSIONS

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AN ARCTIC HARE

HARE

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