#0194 · 🦊 mammals

Apennine Hare

🇳🇱 Corsicaanse Haas ·Lepus corsicanus

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © a_calabrese · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Catania, Sicily, IT:© Sarah Longarini · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Sicily, IT:© Salvatore Russotto · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Lazio, IT:© Marco Gasponi · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 20270 Aghione, France:© Thomas Galewski · CC BY 4.0
6. Palermo, Sicily, IT:© siciliana · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Sicily, IT:© Leonardo Rapisarda · CC BY 4.0
8. Messina, Sicily, IT:© Giorgio De Simone · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 3CPH+MQ, 20270 Aghione, France:© pygmaeus · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Sicily, IT:© sarachiarello · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Corsican hare ( Lepus corsicanus ), also known as the Apennine hare or Italian hare , is a species of hare found in southern and central Italy and Corsica.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 94iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
94 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by William Edward de Winton in 1898 (128 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.