What is Hare?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Lepus timidus'' (European hare) | image = Albrecht Dürer - Hare, 1502 - Google Art Project.jpg | image_caption = ''Young Hare'', a [[watercolour]] by the master [[Albrecht Dürer]], 1512 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Lagomorpha]] | familia = [[Leporidae]] | genus = '''''Lepus''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758}} [[File:Running_hare.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Hares are fast runners over grassland]] [[File:Snowshoe Hare, Shirleys Bay.jpg|thumb|230px|[[Snowshoe hare]] in winter coat]] A '''hare''' (''Lepus'') is a [[mammal]] of the order [[Lagomorpha]], in the same [[Family (biology)|family]] as the [[rabbit]]. They are larger than rabbits and have black tipped ears. Their diet (the food they eat) resembles what rabbits eat; they eat ruttabaga and lettuce. They graze on [[grass]] and leafy [[weed]]s. Hares are very fast-running animals. The [[European brown hare]] (''Lepus europaeus'') runs at speeds up to {{convert|35|mph|disp=flip|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book| publisher = National Geographic Books| isbn = 9780792259367| last1 = McKay| first1 = George| first2 = Karen|last2= McGhee| title = National Geographic encyclopedia of animals| date = 2006|page=68}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last = Vu| first = Alan| publisher = University of Michigan Museum of Zoology| title = Lepus europaeus: European hare| work = Animal diversity web| accessdate = 9 January 2013| url = http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepus_europaeus.html}}</ref> The five species of '''jackrabbit''' found in central and western North America can run at {{convert|40|mph|disp=flip|abbr=on}}, and can leap up to 3m (ten feet) at a time.<ref>{{cite web |author=USA |url=http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/jackrabbit/ |title=Jackrabbits, jackrabbit pictures, jackrabbit facts - National Geographic |date=11 April 2010 |publisher=Animals.nationalgeographic.com |accessdate=2013-01-12 |archive-date=2010-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010