European [Brown] Hare

Lepus europaeus

Common in Scotland, Norfolk & the Cotswolds, rare everywhere else.

 Also found in the rest of Europe except in Iceland & Northern Scandinavia, Iberia, Ireland, Eastwards to Turkey & to Central Asia.

Slenderer than the European Rabbit, and its dark limb musculature gives it great stamina when running at high speeds in open country.

In comparison to the European Rabbit, the Hare has a proportionally smaller stomach and caecum.

Grizzled yellow-brown fur covers the back and becomes rufous on the shoulders, legs, neck and throat and white on the underside and black on the tail and ear tips.

The fur on the back is typically longer and more curled than on the rest of the body.