page_title: Hare
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Hare / Biology / Classification
context_page_description: Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified in the same family as rabbits. They are similar in size and form to rabbits and have similar herbivorous diets, but generally have longer ears and live solitarily or in pairs. Also unlike rabbits, their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth rather than emerging blind and helpless. Most are fast runners. Hare species are native to Africa, Eurasia and North America.
  Five leporid species with "hare" in their common names are not considered true hares: the hispid hare, and four species known as red rock hares. Conversely, jackrabbits are hares, rather than rabbits.
  A hare less than one year old is called a leveret. A group of hares is called a "drove".
context_section_description: The 32 species listed are:
  Genus Lepus
  Subgenus Macrotolagus
  Antelope jackrabbit, Lepus alleni
  Subgenus Poecilolagus
  Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus
  Subgenus Lepus
  Arctic hare, Lepus arcticus
  Alaskan hare, Lepus othus
  Mountain hare, Lepus timidus
  Subgenus Proeulagus
  Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
  White-sided jackrabbit, Lepus callotis
  Cape hare, Lepus capensis
  Tehuantepec jackrabbit, Lepus flavigularis
  Black jackrabbit, Lepus insularis
  Scrub hare, Lepus saxatilis
  Desert hare, Lepus tibetanus
  Tolai hare, Lepus tolai
  Subgenus Eulagos
  Broom hare, Lepus castroviejoi
  Yunnan hare, Lepus comus
  Korean hare, Lepus coreanus
  Corsican hare, Lepus corsicanus
  European hare, Lepus europaeus
  Granada hare, Lepus granatensis
  Manchurian hare, Lepus mandschuricus
  Woolly hare, Lepus oiostolus
  Ethiopian highland hare, Lepus starcki
  White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
  Subgenus Sabanalagus
  Ethiopian hare, Lepus fagani
  African savanna hare, Lepus microtis
  Subgenus Indolagus
  Hainan hare, Lepus hainanus
  Indian hare, Lepus nigricollis
  Burmese hare, Lepus peguensis
  Subgenus Sinolagus
  Chinese hare, Lepus sinensis
  Subgenus Tarimolagus
  Yarkand hare, Lepus yarkandensis
  Incertae sedis
  Japanese hare, Lepus brachyurus
  Abyssinian hare, Lepus habessinicus
caption: Brooklyn Museum - California Hare - John J. Audubon
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