Broom hare

The broom hare, Lepus castroviejoi, known in Spanish as liebre de piornal, is a hare endemic to northern Spain, described in 1976 as a species separate from the Granada hare. Its body length ranges from 45 to 65 centimetres. It is restricted to the Cantabrian Mountains, living at elevations up to 2,000 metres in heathland with much shrub cover and in clearings of mixed deciduous forests of oak and beech, and its distribution is very fragmented. The species is mostly nocturnal and eats grasses and other plants, although little is known about its diet. It is hunted throughout its range and is also threatened by changes to its habitat, which climate change could cause. The IUCN lists the broom hare as vulnerable on its Red List of Threatened Species.