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Lepus capensis
Description:Warm colored brown fur with orangey yellow fur on face,throat. White underparts, long black tipped ears,large eyes.Long powerful hind legs, short black and white tail. Size:Head and body 52-60cm, Ears 10cm, weight 4-6 kg. Life span:Up to four years in the wild.Can live up to twelve years. Food:Mainly grasses and herbs,also cereal,crops,buds,twigs and tree bark.
Lives above ground,they do not have a particular 'home' and will sleep in any suitable place, continually shifting from one place to another. When a hare rests,it will usually scrape away the vegetation and then lie down on the bare earth.They are often made in the shelter of a grass tussock or a rock which will give them some protection from the wind. It lives in this environment because it has fur to keep it warm and has a good way to hide themselves in tall grass by putting back there ears and crouching down.
Breeding: Reproduction,sexual.Hares can breed at any time of the year,but the main season is between January and October.Time between mating and birth 42-44 days.The jacks (males)do most of the boxing,either with each other for a struggle for social dominance,or with Jill's (females)as a prelude to mating.The female tries to defend herself by boxing with the male who can be quite aggressive.He will mate with several females. Symbiotic relationship:Parasitism!!A lynx is a carnivore and a hare is a herbivore. Meaning that the hare eats plants and the lynx eats meat. A hare is a meat, so the lynx could feed of the hair. The Canadian lynx preys heavily off the hare. Species that share the same environment: The environment the hate lives in is wide open fields with tall grass other species that could live there foxes, prairie dogs and other small rodents.
Spotted on Aug 10, 2012
Submitted on Nov 20, 2012
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