Lepus europaeus - #5327
European Hare
      
            Summer pelage.  Bounding in gathered suspension.
      
  Geographic Distribution
              Open woodland, steppe and sub-desert: from S Sweden and Finland to Britain, throughout Europe (not Iberian Penin. south of Cantabria and the Ebro River, or south of Siena in Italy), to W Siberian lowlands; south to N Israel, N Syria, N Iraq, the Tigris-Euphrates valley and W Iran. SE border of range (Iran) from S Caspian Sea south to Persian Gulf (54EE). Introduced to Ireland, SE Canada-NE USA, S South America, Australia, New Zealand and several islands, including Barbados, Réunion, and the Falklands.
Order/Family
              Leporidae
          Genus
              Lepus
          Specific Epithet
              europaeus
          Image Location
              Finland, Helsinki, Suomenlinna
          Image Date
              27 May 2006
          Photographer
              KD Rudloff
           
                      