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Hares and rabbits have long ears and long hind legs. Young hares are born furred with open eyes. Young rabbits are born naked and blind in a burrow. The family occurs naturally on most continents. Their incisors keep growing all their lives. Hares rely on their speed to escape.

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Leporidae Alaskan hare

Alaskan hare

Leporidae

Lepus othus · Least concern

No burrow for the Alaskan hare: it never digs one, nesting in the open on the tundra of western Alaska, and spends most of the year alone. At 2.9 to 7.2 kg it is one of the largest hares in the world, and its hind feet, 20 cm long, carry it easily over snow and are reportedly used to fight off birds of prey attacking from above.

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Leporidae Antelope jackrabbit

Antelope jackrabbit

Leporidae

Lepus alleni · Least concern

It has been called the 'handsomest' of hares. The antelope jackrabbit was also one of the last North American mammals to be formally described, in 1890 by Edgar Mearns, who named it after museum curator Joel Asaph Allen. Its ears reach 14 to 17 cm, and it can hop at an estimated 72 km/h.

Photo: Luxil (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Leporidae Arctic hare

Arctic hare

Leporidae

Lepus arcticus · Least concern

Fat makes up close to 20% of the Arctic hare's body, and its ears and legs are short: it is built for the tundra. One of the largest hares, it can run at up to 40 mph (64 km/h) and digs burrows in snowdrifts up to 188 cm long.

Photo: Steve Sayles from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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