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What is the difference between hares and rabbits?

April 26, 2017difference hares rabbits

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What is the difference between hares and rabbits?

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Rabbits and hares are in the same mammalian family, but different genera, and do not interbreed. Hares differ from rabbits in that they have larger heads, a larger volume of blood, longer ears and legs. They both have split lips, but the rabbit has a membrane near the top of the split that covers the gums. Rabbit young are born naked with eyes closed; hare young furred with eyes open. In general, hares are more adaptable and live on top of the ground; many rabbits burrow and have more restricted ranges. You can’t always tell which is which by common names-jackrabbits and snowshoe rabbits are in fact hares, and Belgian Hares are rabbits. ©2005 Lucile C.