Species profile—Lepus europaeus (European brown hare)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Leporidae (rabbit and hare) → Lepus europaeus (European brown hare)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Leporidae (rabbit and hare)
- Scientific name
- Lepus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- European brown hare
- WildNet taxon ID
- 832
- Synonym(s)
- Lepus capensis
Lepus europaeus occidentalis - Alternate name(s)
- brown hare
European hare
jackrabbit
hare - Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=832.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
