🐇Arctic hare
La liebre ártica o liebre polar (Lepus arcticus) es una especie de mamífero lagomorfo de la familia Leporidae. Es una de las liebres más adaptadas como habitante de las regiones polares y montañosas. Una vez fue considerada una subespecie de la liebre de montaña, no obstante ahora se considera como una especie separada.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 3.03 kg
- Body length
- 0.57 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 18 years
Everything we know about the Arctic hare
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.03 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.57 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass16 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan18 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length2.95 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation50 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range2.26 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3 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 Arctic hare yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderLagomorpha
- ›familyLeporidae
- ›genusLepus
- ›speciesLepus arcticus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusLepus
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusLepus
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