Rabbits are closely related to hares. Rabbits and hares look similar and are often mistaken for one another. Some rabbits and hares are misnamed. For example, the Belgian hare is a rabbit, and the jack rabbit is a hare. Rabbits and hares can be told apart most easily at birth.
Newborn rabbits have no fur and are blind and helpless.
Newborn hares have fur and their eyes are open. Also, mother rabbits shelter their young in a soft, fur-lined nest. Mother hares do not make nests for their young. Kinds of rabbits Biologists classify rabbits into 10 groups called genera and into many species within the genera. Numerous species, such as the volcano rabbit of Mexico, have become rare.