#0100 · 🦊 mammals

Mountain Hare

🇳🇱 Sneeuwhaas ·Lepus timidus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The mountain hare ( Lepus timidus ), also known as blue hare , tundra hare , variable hare , white hare , snow hare, alpine hare , and Irish hare , is a Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,943iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
6,943 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).