 European hares are native to much of continental Europe. Their range extends from northern Spain to southern Scandinavia, eastern Europe and northern parts of the Middle East and Central Asia. They have been extending their range into Siberia. They may have been introduced to Britain by the Romans. They have also been introduced, mostly as game animals, to North America (in Ontario and New York State, and unsuccessfully in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Connecticut), Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, the Falkland Islands, Australia, both islands of New Zealand and the south Pacific coast of Russia.
