What is the Difference Between Rabbits and Hares?

What is the Difference Between Rabbits and Hares?

One common point of confusion in the animal world involves a bunch of loveable, jumpy bunnies.

We are, of course, talking about rabbits and hares… or is it rabbits OR hares? Are they separate animals or is it okay to use the terms interchangeably?

That’s what we’ll be looking at today. So sit back, grab a carrot, and let’s talk bunnies.

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• Narrated by: Derek Lane

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[tll]

Hares always look like they are on the brink of having a nervous breakdown

[Cognitive_Ape]

Here's how you can tell the difference. Rabbits are cute. Hare's have a disturbing look in their eyes like they witnessed some unspeakable unholy acts.

[sempakrangergg]

They look like a kangaroo, deer, and cat at the same time

[Malca_Mexh]

If it looks like a rabbit, hops like a rabbit, it might be a hare . 😂

[MarilynBoussaid-ydvk]

I had a pet bunny that lived to be 13. Some of them live to 15. Good care and good genes. Please do not eat. Too cute 🥰🐰🐇

[kijekuyo]

It looks as if the hare doesn't have the forward blind spot but maybe less vision to the rear, maybe because of their greater need for forward vision for high-speed running.

[johnvane]

On a visit to the UK I saw my first hare in the wild and couldn’t believe how big it was. It looked like a long eared wallaby.

[xcoder]

Funny, in German it's the other way around. In German, most people would call all these animals "Hase" and that's the German word for hare. The German word for rabbit is "Kaninchen" and it's only used when you want to emphasize that it's actually a rabbit and not a hare. There is no German word for bunny.

[walterlebzax]

Rabbits are born naked like rats. Hares are born with fur like cows. The differences are huge.

[supersquirrel]

This means Bugs Bunny is a hare.
The joke's on Elmer Fudd for hunting wabbits.

[usagi]

I saw a jackrabbit for the first time in Arizona and at the time did not know the difference with rabbits. I was surprised how large they were with longer legs and ears. They were quite fast and looked like a small deer or antelope. Also saw many postcards of the infamous Jackalope.

[ianbrowne]

thought you may have mentioned the 1900s rabbit plagues in Australia where they are still considered a pest and in some states it's illegal to keep a rabbit as a pet
"When 24 rabbits were released into the wild in the early 19th century, their population quickly grew--to 600 million".
There is also a rabbit proof fence/s in Australia more information online

[indyreno]

Leporidae is a family of lagomorphs that contains the hares and rabbits, it is the largest and most diverse of the two living families of lagomorphs, leporids (colloquially known as bunnies), are known for having usually long slender pinnae, they are known for their bounding abilities, there are a total of over eighty-five extant species under twenty genera and a single extant subfamily, which is further split into three tribes, they are native everywhere except for Oceania and Antarctica

Taxonomy:
• Family: Leporidae (Hares, Rabbits, and Fossil Relatives)
•• Subfamily: Leporinae (Hares and Rabbits)
••• Tribe: Pentalagini (Amami, Striped, and Bristley Rabbits)
•••• Genus: Caprolagus (Bristly Rabbit Lineage)
••••• Species: Caprolagus hispidus (Bristly Rabbit)
•••• Genus: Nesolagus (Striped Rabbits)
••••• Species: Nesolagus timminsi (Annamite Striped Rabbit)
••••• Species: Nesolagus netscheri (Sumatran Striped Rabbit)
•••• Genus: Pentalagus (Amami Rabbit Lineage)
••••• Species: Pentalagus furnessi (Amami Rabbit)
••• Tribe: Oryctolagini (True Rabbits)
•••• Subtribe: Oryctolagina (Common Rabbits and Fossil Relatives)
••••• Genus: Oryctolagus (Common Rabbits)
•••••• Species: Oryctolagus cuniculus (Eurasian Rabbit)
•••• Subtribe: Pronolagina (African Rabbits)
••••• Genus: Bunolagus (Riverine Rabbit)
•••••• Species: Bunolagus monticularis (Riverine Rabbit)
••••• Genus: Poelagus (Bunyoro Rabbit)
•••••• Species: Poelagus majoritus (Bunyoro Rabbit)
••••• Genus: Pronolagus (Red Rock Rabbits)
•••••• Species: Pronolagus rupestris (Smith's Red Rock Rabbit)
Pronolagus randensis (Jameson's Red Rock Rabbit)
Pronolagus crassicaudatus (Natal Red Rock Rabbit)
Pronolagus saundersiae (Hewitt's Red Rock Rabbit)
•••• Subtribe: Sylvilagina (New World Rabbits)
••••• Genus: Brachylagus (Pygmy Rabbit Lineage)
•••••• Species: Brachylagus idahoensis (Pygmy Rabbit)
••••• Genus: Sylvilagus (Cottontails)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus nuttallii (Mountain Cottontail)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus audubonii (Desert Cottontail)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus palustris (Marsh Rabbit)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus aquaticus (Swamp Rabbit)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus obscurus (Appalachian Cottontail)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus transitionalis (Cooney)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus holzneri (Robust Cottontail)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus cunicularius (Mexican Cottontail)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus graysoni (Tres Marias Cottontail)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus bachmani (Mainland Brush Rabbit)
•••••• Species: Sylvilagus mansuetus (San Jose Brush Rabbit)
••••• Genus: Romerolagus (Volcano Rabbit Lineage)
•••••• Species: Romerolagus diazi (Volcano Rabbit)
••••• Genus: Tapeti (Tapetis)
•••••• Species: Tapeti insona (Omilteme Rabbit)
•••••• Species: Tapeti gabbi (Central American Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti incitata (Northern Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti dicei (Dice's Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti daulensis (Ecuadorian Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti surdaster (Western Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti brasiliensis (Common Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti tapetilla (Coastal Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti apollinaris (Bogota Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti fulvescens (Fulvous Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti salenta (Colombian Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti nicefori (Nicefor's Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti sanctaemartae (Santa Marta Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti parentum (Suriname Tapeti)
•••••• Species: Tapeti varynaensis (Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit)
•••••• Species: Tapeti andina (Andean Tapeti)
••• Tribe: Leporini (Hares)
•••• Subtribe: Leporina (Woolly Hares)
••••• Genus: Lepus (Common Hares)
•••••• Species: Lepus timidus (Mountain Hare)
•••••• Species: Lepus tibetanus (Tibetan Hare)
•••••• Species: Lepus tolai (Tolai Hare)
•••••• Species: Lepus comus (Yunnan Hare)
•••••• Species: Lepus oiostolus (Himalayan Hare)
••••• Genus: Sinolagus (Oriental Woolly Hares)
•••••• Species: Sinolagus yarkandensis (Yarkand Hare)
•••••• Species: Sinolagus sinensis (Chinese Hare)
•••••• Species: Sinolagus formosanus (Taiwan Hare)
•••••• Species: Sinolagus hainanus (Hainan Hare)
•••••• Species: Sinolagus mandshuricus (Manchurian Hare)
•••••• Species: Sinolagus coreanus (Korean Hare)
•••••• Species: Sinolagus brachyurus (Japanese Hare)
••••• Genus: Poecilolagus (New World Woolly Hares)
•••••• Species: Poecilolagus othus (Alaskan Hare)
•••••• Species: Poecilolagus americanus (Snowshoe Hare)
•••••• Species: Poecilolagus arcticus (Arctic Hare)
•••• Subtribe: Otolagina (Jackrabbits)
••••• Genus: Otolagus (White-Sided, Black-Tailed, and White-Tailed Jackrabbits)
•••••• Species: Otolagus townsendii (White-Tailed Jackrabbit)
•••••• Species: Otolagus californicus (Black-Tailed Jackrabbit)
•••••• Species: Otolagus callotis (White-Sided Jackrabbit)
••••• Genus: Macrotolagus (Antelope, Black, and Tamaulipas Jackrabbits)
•••••• Species: Macrotolagus alleni (Antelope Jackrabbit)
•••••• Species: Macrotolagus insularis (Black Jackrabbit)
•••••• Species: Macrotolagus altamirae (Tamaulipas Jackrabbit)
••••• Genus: Ammolagus (Tehuantepec Jackrabbit Lineage)
•••••• Species: Ammolagus flavigularis (Tehuantepec Jackrabbit)
•••• Subtribe: Eulagina (Grass Hares)
••••• Genus: Eulagus (European Hares)
•••••• Species: Eulagus europaeus (Brown Hare)
•••••• Species: Eulagus italicus (Italian Hare)
•••••• Species: Eulagus corsicanus (Corsican Hare)
•••••• Species: Eulagus mediterraneus (Sardinian Hare)
•••••• Species: Eulagus granatensis (Granada Hare)
•••••• Species: Eulagus castroviejoi (Broom Hare)
••••• Genus: Indolagus (South Asian Hares)
•••••• Species: Indolagus pakistanicus (Pakistani Hare)
•••••• Species: Indolagus iranensis (Iranian Hare)
•••••• Species: Indolagus iraquensis (Iraq Hare)
•••••• Species: Indolagus arabicus (Arabian Hare)
•••••• Species: Indolagus cypriotus (Cyprus Hare)
•••••• Species: Indolagus nigricollis (Indian Hare)
•••••• Species: Indolagus singhala (Sri Lanka Hare)
•••••• Species: Indolagus peguensis (Burmese Hare)
•••••• Species: Indolagus sondaicus (Javan Hare)
••••• Genus: Afrolagus (African Hares)
•••••• Species: Afrolagus victoriae (African Savanna Hare)
•••••• Species: Afrolagus aegyptius (African Sand Hare)
•••••• Species: Afrolagus fagani (Ethiopian Lowland Hare)
•••••• Species: Afrolagus starcki (Ethiopian Highland Hare)
•••••• Species: Afrolagus habessicanus (Abyssinian Hare)
•••••• Species: Afrolagus capensis (African Bush Hare)
•••••• Species: Afrolagus saxatilis (Scrub Hare)

[TherealPapaDogP]

One of the best animal videos I’ve seen in a while. Made me a subscriber.

[charlesramsay]

Young hares when born are covered with hair and the kits of rabbits are born naked without hair.

[unicaller]

Here we have the cute dainty cotten tail wild rabbit and the forgotten fallout monster the jack rabbit. One pooks like it belongs in the pet store and tends to not even fight when cought. The other looks like it survived the zombie apocalypse by eating zombies and will attack with little provocation.

[triniborn]

I can't stop thinking about Bugs Bunny and the phrase "What's up Doc"! 😂

[crackerjack]

My favorite rabbit is the elusive jackalope.

[toottootsonicwarrior]

So hares are to rabbits what rats are to mice?

[thomasrape]

I can give you one distinct difference, rabbits have white meat about like the dark meat on a chicken and it tends to be tender with a mild flavor. Hares on the other hand have a dark meat with a gamey taste and stringy tough texture at least jackrabbit do which is the only hare I have experience with.