The European hare, also called the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia and is among the largest hare species, adapted to temperate open country. It is herbivorous, feeding mainly on grasses and herbs and supplementing its diet with twigs, buds, bark and field crops in winter, and it relies on long powerful limbs and high-speed endurance running to escape predators such as red foxes and large birds of prey. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Lepus, Taxa Source European Hare (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Barbados, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bolivia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Chile, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cyprus, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Dominican Republic, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Greece, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ireland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Kazakhstan, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Paraguay, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Peru, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Russia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ukraine, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Uruguay, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Venezuela, found in there.
Sources
1. European hare (Wikipedia)
Diet (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
It is herbivorous, feeding mainly on grasses and herbs and supplementing its diet with twigs, buds, bark and field crops in winter, and it relies on long powerful limbs and high-speed endurance running to escape predators such as red foxes and large birds of prey.
Lead section
The hare has been hunted across Europe for centuries, with more than five million being shot each year; in Britain it has traditionally been hunted by beagling and hare coursing, but these field sports are now illegal (though illegal hare-coursing continues).
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. European Hare (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q26838 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Lepus, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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