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PAGE INDEX 1. Brown Hare, lateral view 2. Rabbit, lateral view 3. Rabbit & Brown Hare, ventral view 4. Details | The most obvious difference between these species, apart from size, is the relative width of the nasal passage (between the rear molars). Overall lengths of adult skulls: Hare - over 90mm; Rabbit - under 85mm. |
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1. Brown Hare, lateral view
Typical features of Lagomorpha : a) "Extra" incisors b) Open "lattice-work" side of rostrum |
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2. Rabbit, lateral view |
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3. Rabbit (L), Brown Hare (R), ventral views (Not to same scale) |
| Details of Specimens Illustrated |
- Image 1
- Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
- Stage - adult
- Date collected - March 1990
- Area collected - Lincolnshire
- Collection ref. - 90.004
- Source - Found dead in field
- Measurements
Condylobasal length 69.8mm Zygomatic width 38.6mm Jaw length 56.0mm Interorbital width 18.9mm Latin Name : Oryctolagus "digging hare", from two Greek words orukter "digging tool" and lagos "rabbit";x cuniculus - Latinword for a rabbit.
- Stage - adult
- Image 2
- Brown Hare Lepus europaeus
- Stage - adult
- Date collected - May 1990
- Area collected - Northumberland
- Collection ref. - 90.018
- Source - Road casualty
- Measurements
Condylobasal length 86.1mm Zygomatic width 47.9mm Jaw length 64.4mm Interorbital width 26.8mm Latin Name : Lepus "a hare"
- Stage - adult