An illustration of a boy watching two rabbits dig two separate holes but believes that it is one large rabbit.

Boy Watching Two Rabbits Dig Holes

An illustration of a boy watching two rabbits dig two separate holes but believes that it is one large…

An illustration of a boy watching two rabbits dig holes.

Boy Watching Two Rabbits Dig Holes

An illustration of a boy watching two rabbits dig holes.

"Side view of skull of Cape Jumping Hare. Pmx, premaxilla; Mx, maxilla; Ma, malar; Fr, frontal; L, lachrymal; Pa, parietal; Na, nasal; Sq, squamosal; Ty, tympanic; ExO, exoccipital; AS, alisphenoid; OS, orbito-sphenoid; Per, mastoid bulla." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903

Cape Jumping Hare

"Side view of skull of Cape Jumping Hare. Pmx, premaxilla; Mx, maxilla; Ma, malar; Fr, frontal; L, lachrymal;…

A South American rodent.

Chincha

A South American rodent.

A rabbit with a tail like a ball of cotton.

Cottontail

A rabbit with a tail like a ball of cotton.

Hand-shadow of Rabbit

Rabbit

Hand-shadow of Rabbit

Hares are larger than rabbits, with longer ears and hind legs. They live above ground in nests. Hares have more than four front sharp teeth.

Hare

Hares are larger than rabbits, with longer ears and hind legs. They live above ground in nests. Hares…

The hare.

Hare

The hare.

An illustration of a hare.

Hare

An illustration of a hare.

The common hare of Palestine.

Hare

The common hare of Palestine.

The name of a genus of gasteropodous mollusca. These animals are slug-like in appearance, and derive their popular name from the prominent character of the front pair of tentacles, which somewhat resemble the ears of a hare

Sea Hare

The name of a genus of gasteropodous mollusca. These animals are slug-like in appearance, and derive…

Rabbits and hares.

Rabbits and Hares

Rabbits and hares.

"So a hare, in making for cover, often escapes a hound by making a number of quick turns. The greater inertia of the hound carries him to far, and thus obliges him to pass over a greater space, as seen [here], in which the continuous line shows the hare's path and the dotted line the hound's." —Quackenbos 1859

Inertia Demonstration

"So a hare, in making for cover, often escapes a hound by making a number of quick turns. The greater…

the internal anatomy of a rabbit.

Rabbit

the internal anatomy of a rabbit.

Cross section of abdomen of a rabbit.

Rabbit

Cross section of abdomen of a rabbit.

Wild rabbits are brownish in color with long erect ears.

Rabbit

Wild rabbits are brownish in color with long erect ears.

A rabbit hopping in the woods.

Rabbit

A rabbit hopping in the woods.

An illustration of a rabbit scratching its nose.

Rabbit Scratching Nose

An illustration of a rabbit scratching its nose.

One mother rabbit with six baby rabbits.

Rabbits

One mother rabbit with six baby rabbits.

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are seven different genera in the family classified as rabbits.

Rabbits

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of…

Twelve rabbits in a row.

Twelve Rabbits

Twelve rabbits in a row.

Reynard the Fox hunting Kyward the hare because he was the first to accuse Reynard of trickery.

Reynard the Fox: Hunting Kyward

Reynard the Fox hunting Kyward the hare because he was the first to accuse Reynard of trickery.

Lion the king, Kyward the hare, and Bellin the ram set Reynard the Fox off on his pilgrimage with the bear's skin as his mail and the wolves' shoes as his own.

Reynard the Fox: Reynard's Pilgrimage

Lion the king, Kyward the hare, and Bellin the ram set Reynard the Fox off on his pilgrimage with the…

Reynard the Fox tricking Kyward the hare into believing he could teach him how to be a good priest. But the fox wanted to eat the hare until Panther caught him.

Reynard the Fox: Tricking the Hare

Reynard the Fox tricking Kyward the hare into believing he could teach him how to be a good priest.…