🐇European hare
Der Feldhase (Lepus europaeus), kurz auch Hase genannt, ist ein Säugetier aus der Familie der Hasen (Leporidae). Die Art besiedelt offene und halboffene Landschaften. Das natürliche Verbreitungsgebiet umfasst weite Teile der südwestlichen Paläarktis; durch zahlreiche Einbürgerungen kommt der Feldhase heute jedoch auf fast allen Kontinenten vor. Aufgrund der starken Intensivierung der Landwirtschaft ist der Bestand des Feldhasen in vielen Regionen Europas rückläufig. Die Schutzgemeinschaft Deutsches Wild erklärte den Feldhasen für das Jahr 2001 und erneut 2015 zum Tier des Jahres.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 3.67 kg
- Body length
- 0.61 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the European hare
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.67 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.17 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.61 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass14 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 11 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length2 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity211 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation42 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 42 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.31 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density47 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for European hare yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderLagomorpha
- ›familyLeporidae
- ›genusLepus
- ›speciesLepus europaeus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusLepus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusLepus
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