Talk:Hare

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Are members of the genera Caprolagus and Pronolagus true hares? It seems that Pronolagus, in particular, are called 'Red Rockhares' at times and 'Red Rabbits' at other times.

Edededed 00:24, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I think all non-Lepus stuff must be removed from the page. Hares are members of the genus Lepus, and other leporids are not. Ucucha 09:45, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

While I have to admit to having less knowledge about lagomorphs than I do primates, how are Caprolagus and Pronolagus not hares? As listed here, their common names surely seem to put them into the "hare" category. Simply because they are partitioned slightly away from the other hares by being in a different genus doesn't mean they aren't hares. What's the modernliterature say about the entire lagomorph classification? - UtherSRG 11:43, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

Phylogenetics of Leporidae are very confused, I think, but I thought Caprolagus and a few other small genera have been placed in the subfamily Palaeolaginae, while Pronolagus was related to Lepus (?). See Mikko's Phylogeny Archive ([1]). In any case the "hare" group of this article is not supported in any classification, and Pronolagus has also been called a "rabbit", I thought. I don't think we have to sort beasts according to common name. We don't place Notoryctes under real moles only because it has been called the "marsupial mole", so why should we place Caprolagus under real hares only because it has been called a "hare"? Ucucha 14:47, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Just wanted to notify anyone concerned that the link http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/m101.html is gone.

I just removed the reference (by deleting that sentence). Molinari 00:47, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

1 Orphaned sentence
2 Disambiguation?
3 Diet
4 Bugs Bunny
5 Where are hare kidneys? where is a diagram showing organs in hares?
6 A small addition to folklore
7 The hare as food

[edit] Orphaned sentence

I removed the following sentence: "The word 'hare' refers to large members of the family Leporidae only," since it has been orphaned from its original context when it was first added in the 15:36 edit on the date 7 Aug 2003. The language was already perhaps a bit vague, but became even more so when its preceding sentence was replaced in the 18:32 edit on 2 April, 2004. Eventually, through subsequent editing, the sentence was quite unrelated to the rest of the paragraph.

Instead of moving the sentence to a new paragraph I chose to remove the sentence and archive it here because I am unsure as to the sentence's intent. I think the original contributor meant that the term "hare," while having a scientific definition, is often used colloquially to refer to any large member of the family Leporidae. I could not locate documentary proof of this assertion, despite my agreement with the assertion on anecdotal grounds. I felt it best to remove a potentially confusing sentence, and I was not confident enough in my interpretation of the original contributor's intent to edit the passage to a more clear meaning.

[edit] Disambiguation?

Maybe a disambiguation page is in order for the animal hare, a hare-lip, various people called hare, etc?

[edit] Diet

It's similar to rabbits'.... but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be included in this article! pomegranate 00:27, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bugs Bunny

What evidence do we actually have that Bugs Bunny is a jackrabbit? That sounds like speculation to me. He gets called a "hare" in the cartoons (usually to make a pun), but he also gets called a "rabbit" quite a lot. I'm not sure we can assume that he's supposed to be any particular species. His long ears and gangly legs suggest a hare, but could just be cartoonish exaggeration.

[edit] Where are hare kidneys? where is a diagram showing organs in hares?

someone needs to find a diagram of a rabbit and put it in here!

[edit] A small addition to folklore

Just wanted to point out that I added a bit of information from my own research on the Proto-Indo-European culture about hares. Hope it helps a little. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Seadog driftwood (talk • contribs) .

Please cite your sources. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:16, 8 September 2006 (UTC)