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European Brown Hare (50341079472)🐇

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SpeciesLagomorphaLeporidae
Mammals

🐇European hare

Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778

La liebre común o liebre europea (Lepus europaeus) es una especie de mamífero lagomorfo de la familia Leporidae con amplia distribución.

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Measurements
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vs you
≈ 1/17th of your weight
Also called
Lepus europaeus, Brown Hare
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the European hare

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
3.67 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 4.17 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.61 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Brain mass
14 g
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Maximum lifespan
12 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 11 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
2 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
211 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
42 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 42 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 2
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Home range
0.31 km²
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Population density
47 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
3.7 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderLagomorpha
  5. ›familyLeporidae
  6. ›genusLepus
  7. ›speciesLepus europaeus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
  3. familyLeporidae
  4. genusLepus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
  12. familyLeporidae
  13. genusLepus
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More about the European hare

Closest relative on this site
🐇 Arctic hare — last shared an ancestor ≈ 4.0 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
歐洲野兔 (zh), Zając szarak (pl), Lièvre d'Europe (fr), Lepus europaeus (es), mezei nyúl (hu), Lepus europaeus (it) … and 26 more languages
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