Talk:European hare

Comment
Can we use the hare picture from da:wikipedia at ? Billlion 22:16, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Most likely, yes... 惑乱 分からん 19:02, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * We already did Billlion 19:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Mythology
Both the existence of Eostre herself, and (even moreso) the connection between her and the modern Easter Bunny seems to be too controversial and dubious to pass it out as plain fact in the article. The section should be either removed or rewritten/clarified. 惑乱 分からん 19:02, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

amo las liebres

Hare meat
Isn't the meat really quite DARK and delicious? Try it in central European restaurants (of course it's mostly available only in the hunting season (which, I believe, is in the fall).Svato (talk) 21:54, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Including taxonomic names
In an edit to this article I inserted the taxonomic name of the European rabbit so that there could be no confusion with which animal the European hare was being compared. Editor LittleJerry deleted this with the brief edit summary of 'Not needed'. I undid the deletion which LittleJerry has subsequently undone (i.e. re-deleted the taxonomic name) and accused me of an edit war. Hardly!. What do other editors think about including the taxonomic name so that this article is accurate and informative. __DrChrissy (talk) 23:40, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Jayanth sarma
Bio Ushasarma6 (talk) 10:44, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Why the waffling about herbivory?
The lead says, "Some hares are herbivorous and feed mainly on grasses and herbs…" and the section on Food and foraging says "European hares are primarily herbivorous." Aren't all hares exclusively herbivorous? Do some of them eat meat some of the time??? —Mahāgaja · talk 09:31, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Author names
Hello Author names make it more likely that a reader can use a ref, and that a bot will correctly recognise it, and if edited by a bot it will still be the same ref. Additionally it is better not to just edit refs. Invasive Spices (talk) 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Precocial
The #Taxonomy and genetics sections says "They are distinguished from other leporids (hares and rabbits) by their longer legs, wider nostrils and active (precocial) young.", but the all hares are born precocial. -- NGC 54  ( talk ｜  contribs ) 22:14, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Indeed, and the reference makes no note of this species being particularly more precocial than other species. I think it's fine to chop that sentence down to "... by their longer legs and wider nostrils." - UtherSRG (talk) 11:38, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Lynxes
European hare:

"In North America, foxes and coyotes are probably the most common predators, with bobcats and lynx also preying on them in more remote locations.""

The bobcat is also a lynx, and in North America there are only two species of lynxes (bobcat and Canada lynx). Thus, the text should be replaced with one of these versions:

"In North America, foxes and coyotes are probably the most common predators, with bobcats and Canada lynx also preying on them in more remote locations.""

"In North America, foxes and coyotes are probably the most common predators, with lynxes also preying on them in more remote locations."" -- NGC 54  ( talk ｜  contribs ) 21:06, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Weight
What is your source for 4-7 vs the currently source 3-5? - UtherSRG (talk) 15:30, 14 June 2023 (UTC)