AnAge entry for Lepus europaeus
Classification (HAGRID: 02598)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
- Species
- Lepus europaeus
- Common name
- European hare
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
It has been estimated that these animals live up to 10.7 years in the wild [0542], which is doubtful. One wild born specimen was about 10.7 years of age when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 236 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 42 days
- Weaning
- 29 days
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.8
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 119.67 g
- Weight at weaning
- 390 g
- Adult weight
- 4,175 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0191 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 61%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 38.3ºC or 100.9ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1053] Paci et al. (2006), Stress evaluation in hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) captured for traslocation
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0676] Purvis and Harvey (1995), Mammal life-history evolution: a comparative test of Charnov's model
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552501
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9983
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