HISPID HARE
DESCRIPTION: A brown, large and endangered lagomorph,
it has a white belly and a sprinkling of dark hairs, making the back look dark
and grizzled. It has shorter, rounded ears and smaller hind legs than the
Indian Hare. It does not have the flashing white underside to the tail, and is
slower-moving, with rounded droppings, unlike the slightly tapered pellets of
the former.
BEHAVIOUR: Being small-limbed, this hare has
a characteristically smaller home range than other hares. Its pellets are
normally seen near thatch cuttings.
DISTRIBUTION: The only endemic hare of the
Indian subcontinent, it ranges in scattered protected areas of the Himalayan foothills
from Uttar Pradeshin the west through Bihar and north Bengal to Assam and
Arunachal Pradesh.
HABITAT: Early successional Terai grasslands, especially those predominated by Imperata cylindrica, Themeda, Saccharum-Narenga, Erianthus-Narenga and Arundo-Phragmites.
Size: 40–50 cm
IUCN Status: Endangered
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