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Common Hare
Lepus
europaeus
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Big and slender animal. It
likes to run in open fields, where it can sometimes be observed.
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The ears are long, longer than
the head. Hares have a solitary life, except in spring when they start
looking for a partner, in order to reproduce.
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/nigelblake2/web2/13oct/13oct.htm
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Makes a nest in a field, where
offspring is born raised.
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Newborn hares are furry, born
with open eyes and can hear.
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Gestation lasts 42 days
Offspring: 1 and 4
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# of
chromosomes : 46
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Rabbit
Oryctolagus
cuniculus
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Smaller but muscular animal,
who likes to jump and run. It digs burrow in bushy regions, preferably
where the soil is soft and sandy.
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The ears are shorter than the
head. The rabbits lives in colonies
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http://www.fishing-in-wales.com/wildlife/mammals/rabbit.htm
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Digs a complex burrow, in
order to hid from enemies and raise the offspring.
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Newborn rabbits are naked,
deaf and blind.
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Gestation lasts 31 days
Offspring: 4 to 6.
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# of chromosomes : 44
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Cottontail
Sylilagus
sp.
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Small animal with brownish-grey
body, long ears and tufty tail that resembles a cotton ball, seen in open
grass field, bordered with bushes.
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http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/gawildlife/mammals/lagomorpha/Leporidae/spalustris.jpg
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nest is a shallow depression
in a field, with suitable cover
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Newborn rabbits are naked,
deaf and blind.
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Gestation lasts 29-30 days
Offspring: 2 to 7
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# of chromosomes : 42
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