Hares, perhaps, the most common animals in our country. Despite the fact that they are a favorite trophy of many hunters, their number is almost unchanged, as due to their fecundity, these animals are very actively multiplied.
In total, there are about 30 species, all types of hares are somewhat vulnerable by external features and habits.
Appearance
If you take a general description of the hare (mammal, sem. Zaitsevaya), it should be noted similar to all types of features:
- long ears;
- underdeveloped clavicle;
- long and strong rear paws;
- short fluffy tail.
The females are larger than males, the size of animals ranges from 25 to 74 cm, and the weight comes up to 10 kg.
Thanks to the long hind legs, this animal is able to quickly run and move through jumps. Rusak hare run speed, for example, can reach 70 km / h.
Linka
Line these animals twice a year, autumn and spring. The beginning and time of the mole are associated with external conditions. A mole begins with changes in the duration of the light day, and its duration determines the air temperature.
Spring molting in most species begins at the end of winter - early spring and on average lasts 75-80 days. The animal begins to lift from the head and to the lower extremities.
Autumn molting begins, on the contrary, from the back of the body and goes to the head. Its beginning is usually coming to September, and molt ends by the end of November. Winter fur grows more dense and lush, it protects the animal from the cold.
Varieties
Four types are common in Russia: Manchursky, Hare Sandstone, Balayak Belyak and Hare Rusak. Consider them in more detail.
Manchurian
This species has a lot in common with a wild rabbit, but still confused them difficult, as the Hare manchursky looks somewhat differently.
This is a small animal length no more than 55 cm and weighing up to 2.5 kg. The length of the ears is about 8 cm. Fur hard and thick, brownish-ocher color. Belo and Boca Light Body, a few dark lanes on the back.
The habitat of this species is the Far East, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China. In the cold time, this species has seasonal migration for short distances, during which animals are moved to places where less than snow.
In nature, the species is not very wide and the commercial value does not have.
Sandstone
This species is also called Tolai or Talai. Compared with Rusaki rather small. Length 40-55 cm, with weight up to 2.5 kg. But the tail and ears are longer: the tail length comes to 11.5 cm, ears - up to 12 cm. Narrow paws are not adapted to move in the snow. In the summer, this kind of fur is grayish-ocher, on the throat and stomach white, on the other parts of the body always remains dark. The molt period depends largely on the habitat and weather conditions.
Tolai chooses the plain terrain, deserts and semi-deserts, but sometimes closed high in the mountains. In Central Asia, it can be found at an altitude of 3000 m above sea level. Often, this hare lives in a hole abandoned by another animal, he himself is rare himself.
Tolai leads to a settling life and migrates only in the case of strong deterioration of weather conditions or with an acute disadvantage of feed.
This species multiplies less frequently - 1-2 times a year, but since it is not hunting for him, the decline in the number is not observed.
Tolaty is widespread in Central Asia. He meets in Transbaikalia, Mongolia, Southern Siberia and some provinces of China. In Russia, Tolai dwells in Altai, in the Astrakhan region, in Buryatia and in the Chui steppe.
White
Description Belyaka Zaita: This is a rather major representative of the Zaitsev family. How much does the hare weigh? The average weight of Belyak 2-3 kg can reach up to 4.5 kg. Body length from 45 to 70 cm, ears - 8-10 cm, tail - 5-10 cm. This species has wide paws. Thanks to the thick wool coated, the hare in winter with ease moves even on loose snow. Color depends on the time of year. In the summer, a gray skin is dark or with a reddish tide, with brown spots. The head is darker, the belly is white. In winter, Belyaka skin becomes pure white. Lines twice a year, autumn and spring.
Where does the bunker live? In Russia, the hare of the Belyak inhabits most of the territory from Western Transbaikalia and the top don to the tundra. Also large populations of this species dwell in China, Japan, Mongolia, in South America and in Northern Europe.
Small forests, located nearby water bodies, farmland and open spaces, places rich in grassy plants, are chosen for life. There is a settling lifestyle, occupying a territory from 3 to 30 hectares, migrate only in the case of severe bad weather and lack of feed base. Far and mass migrations of Belyak are observed only in the tundra zone, where snow covers in winter are so high that the hare food (low-growing plants) becomes inaccessible.
We multiply 2-3 times a year, in the litter there are up to 11 will be engaged. Life expectancy of a hare in the wild from 7 to 17 years.
Hare
Rusak's hare is larger than whiten. With the length of the body 57-68 cm, it weighs from 4 to 7 kg. The length of the ears is 9-14 cm, the tail of the hare - 7-14 cm. Rusak is longer and narrow paws than Belyaka.
This hare in summer gray with a ocher, brown or reddish tint. In winter, gray hare living in the middle strip practically does not change its color, only becomes a little lighter. Animals inhabiting the northern areas become practically white, only a dark band on the back remains.
Where dwells the hare rusak? In Russia, Rusaki inhabit the entire European part, the area of \u200b\u200bthe Ural Mountains, in South Siberia, Khabarovsk Territory and territory near Kazakhstan, in the Caucasus in the Caucasus and in the Crimea.
Also, Rusak populations inhabit Europe, USA, Canada, front and small Asia.
What is food rusak? Since it belongs to the herbivorest animal, the diet consists of green parts of plants: clover, dandelion, mouse peas, yarrow, cereals.
Rusak - steppe hare, for life he chooses open spaces, rarely lives in the forest area and in the mountains. The animals are spent a settling life, occupies a territory from 30 to 50 hectares. Seasonal migrations occur only with Rusakov living in mountainous areas. Rusak Rusak in winter descends from the mountains, and in the summer again closed on the hill.
We breed depending on the habitat and weather conditions, from 1 to 5 times a year. In the brood from 1 to 9 will be engaged. How many years does the hare live? The average life expectancy of Rusak - 6-7 years.
Habitat
Hares are spread almost everywhere. Their populations are numerous and inhabit all continents. Antarctica is the only place on Earth, where these animals do not live.
Lifestyle and habits
This eared animal leads a twilight nightlife. During the day, the animal rests on the day. True, in places where the high number of obliqueness is observed, the habits are changing and, often, he shows activity during the day.
Unlike rabbits, obliquely does not roet deep holes. Hare Nora is a slight recess in the ground, under the bushes or roots of trees. Lodges These animals choose depending on the terrain and weather status. In warm clear weather, they can give a lying on almost anywhere if there is at least a small shelter. In winter, searching for the beds is not a problem at all, as hares are sleeping right in the snow.
The oblique runs very quickly, during the running often makes long jumps and can change the direction of movement. This method of movement helps the animal to escape from the predator pursuers. Eared cunning tricks perfectly know how to confuse traces. With the slightest threat, the animal stops motionlessly until it considers that he does not threaten anything else.
Many wonder if hares can swim. Although they do not like the water and try to stay away from it, they swim well.
Food
The ration of oblique is very diverse. What eats the hare depends on the season, weather conditions and habitats.
In summer
In summer, this herbivorny animal uses more than 500 plant species, preferring their green parts. Also likes to enjoy bashev, vegetables and fruits. Animals are often selected on the fields and make raids on gardens and gardens. In the fall in their diet, increasingly solid food is included. The fool, roots and branches of shrubs become their main food.
Winter
And what do the hares feed in winter, when there are no greens?
The greater the snow layer, the hardest eared to extract food. The high level of snow is able to hide almost everything that the hares eating in winter. From hunger, animals are saved, looking closer to settlements. They cut them into the harsh winter hay stacks, frozen berries on shrubs and the fruit of the Padancing, which animals fade from under the snow.
Wood Cora is most of the diet during the cold season. Usually obliquely chooses trees of soft breeds: aspen, birch, IVI and others.
Spring
In the spring, the diet becomes significantly diverse due to the kidneys, young shoots and fresh grass. To fill the shortage of nutrients, eared drinks pebbles, earth and even animal bones.
Reproduction
From weather conditions directly depends on the pairing of the hare. In the warm winter, Gon can begin in January, and after frosty winters - in early March.
Take care of these animals in the marriage period, tapping a certain rhythm front paws on the ground. Males compete for the attention of females, taking out in spectacular fights.
Young individuals are ready for reproduction per year. The posterity most species produces several to five times a year, on average 2-5 young in one litter. Despite the fact that they are engaged in the world developed and in vain, the first days they practically do not move, rushing in Nore.
The female leaves the brood almost immediately after childbirth and only occasionally returns to feed the young. Since the offspring in females appears at the same time, any bunny, stumbling on the hungry young, will definitely feed them. Such behavior is easy to explain. There are no smell, unlike adult individuals and the less often the female is next to them, the smaller the young chances of becoming predator prey.
Hunting
Hunting of the hares is popular in our country. This animal is an object of fur fishery and sports hunting. In large quantities of these animals, they are mined for fur and tasty, nutritious meat.
Hunting begins in October to snowfall and lasts all winter. There are many ways to hunt: a tropping, on the enhancements, in powder, with dogs and "in the apical".
In oblique in nature, many enemies besides hunters. Birds, wolves, lynx, coyota and fox are hunting for him. High fertility helps to keep the number of animals.
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On the whole globe, do not find the beast touching and nurser than the hare. It touches the human look only his appearance: gray, brownish, or white fur coat, face with big ears and tremendous beautiful eyes. The entire appearance of this animal can cause exceptionally positive emotions. 
Excursion in history
In the 4th century BC, the main sanctuary of the goddess of the gods was located in the Greek Island of Samos, it could be seen in the distant times a huge number of statues dedicated to the wife of Zeus. One of these statues pleases the gaze of tourists visiting the Louvre, and is called the "Goddess with a hare." Historians believe that this marble image of the animal is not the only one. 
In the early Christians, the image of the hare was considered a symbol of a repentant sinner, who after long wandering decided to return to God. Such people were considered timid and buggy, but here animals with whom sinners personified, such cowardly are not at all. There are cases when adult individuals calmly resist foxes, eagles and even small in size to dogs, using their powerful rear paws as a means of protection.
- Zaitsev's distribution area is very large, these animals are found in almost every country.
- Hare ears help the animal to avoid overheating in the summer period of time, they actively remove heat from the small body.
- When the hare falls under the rain, he instantly sweeps the ears so that water could not get into them, as he can catch a cold if the moisture falls into them.
- The average rate of the hare can be about 50 kilometers per hour, and the maximum - 72 kilometers. At the same time, he not only can quickly run, he still makes various maneuvers and turns; From the side, the feeling can be created that instead of the paw, this animal has springs.
- In the hares, the teeth are growing throughout life. They are constantly erased due to the fact that animals use solid food, but they never cease to grow.
- Hares are essentially territorially attached animals. Even if the animal runs away from a predator, it does it exclusively within its territory.
- People in vain consider the hare of vegetarians: along with cabbage and carrots they eat and meat, especially they prefer meat partridges, killed by hunters.
- The famous hare drum fraction is a means of communication between relatives. Also, the fraction may mean the fact that the territory for which some hare encroaches is already engaged in his fellow.
- People who believe that the hare is called oblique due to the squint are very mistaken. So animals were called due to the fact that during running the hare, loop, confuses his traces.
- In the winter period, the hares will grow hair on the stomach and around the nose, it is necessary so that the animal does not froze in the cold season.
- Animal zoologists refer to a separate type - haresa, but a few years ago they were considered rodents.
- The average life expectancy of the hare is 5 - 9 years.
- Zaitsev massively exterminate worldwide, but they do not die out, this is due to the fact that these animals multiply practically with geometric progress.
- Pregnancy Bunny is 50 days. At the same time, she manages to get pregnant again, having not given the first offspring.
- Despite the fact that in essence of your hare and rabbits are almost the same animals, among themselves they never cross.
- People vainly consider hare cowardly and buggy animals, falling into rage, they can protect themselves from the enemy, breaking the breasts with their powerful claws.
- About 30 types of hares are presented to today's world around the world.
- Hares from nature possess excellent hearing and smell, but they have a weak vision.
- In the city of St. Petersburg, any tourist can see a monument to a hare.
- In Japan, you can meet the climbing hare, such a kind is no bigger. The authorities of the country protect this animal: they were issued a decree on the extermination of the Natural Enemy Zaita - Mongoose.
- The weight of an ancient hare was up to 12 kg.
- Hungry hare will not refuse and fell from fell.
- Hares are divided into Belyakov (fur coat changes color in winter) and rusaki (the color of fur does not change).
Bare - Glory and Honor
On the territory of the Russian Federation in the city of Kovrov, which is located in the Vladimir region, you can visit the Zaitsev Museum, created with the main library of the city. This beast is also a symbol of the city, it is depicted on the city coat of arms. The museum itself was established in 1999, hare crafes were collected, fairy tales about animals, and hare houses.
And we do not care, or ...
The hare does not apply to the number of animals of a timid tent. With the help of the hind paw, it can completely successfully disappear from its natural natural enemy. Bunnies, protecting their offspring, can sprinkle adulthood, this bird can calmly confuse the young bunny. Located next to your offspring, such mom masses are only 5 days. 
There are cases when adult hares were forced to run away away from the size of dogs. The old individuals on the eyes of the chopping loud larets of the chain ps may indifferently, eat in the garden cabbage, carrots and everything will be pleasant to taste. The hare will never make his meal in the garden, if he sees there scarecrow. Suriable guard instills in animals is apparently not only fear, but also respect, so the hares prefer to visit only in those gardens that are not protected by fruits.
A dozen interesting facts about these cruel creatures ...
1) Hares dwell throughout the globe. Everywhere they are an object of hunting, but the saying "for one hare accounts for 10 hunters" is not an exaggeration at all. Hares were not extinct only because they are very prolific.
2) the hares are not at all cowardly and good-natured. They are rather angry and restless. Protecting, the hare can break the stomach and breasts of the predator with its claws. There are cases when predators after such self-defense died.
3) Documented the case when the hare, brought up by a homemade dog, adopted a number of habits from her, he even rushed on other dogs and bite them.
4) the hares are not at all vegetarians. They eat not only cabbage, but also meat! In the north, the currot catchers know that if you do not deposure from the sink, then the hare will quickly eat it.
5) "drum fraction", which hares and rabbits are knocked out with legs - this is their means of communication. Similarly, they are put on the ground with legs.
6) Although the hare is often called oblique, he does not have any squint. The squint the bias attributed hunters who noticed that the hare loops all the time and returns to his mark. In fact, the reason for such behavior is asymmetry in the development of the right and left laps of the Zaitsev.
7) Hare - like the animal territorial. He "has no right to violate someone else's territory, so he surprises only within his" housing ".
8) Santa Mazaya work is not so nice. The hares are afraid of boats, so they have to first catch the network, and then come to a safe place.
9) The island on which the Petropavlovsk fortress stands in St. Petersburg is called hare. According to the legend, one hare escaped from flooding, jumping into the boot of Peter I. In 2003, Petropavlovka had a sculpture of the "Bunny, saved from flooding".
10) Lenin, about whom he knew every Soviet October, somehow in Shushensky during the spill, Yenisei came across the island with hares and interrupted all the hares to one.
via Hot Ten Anna Romanova.
Hares dwell on the whole globe. Zaitsev hunting worldwide. Sometimes people are surprised that these animals have not yet been extinct. There are many hares just because they multiply very quickly.
The image of the hare is cute, good-natured and cowardly. Zaitse not at all cowardly and good-natured. In fact, this animal is able to fall into rage and defend their lives bravely. Protecting, the hare can break the stomach and breasts of the predator with its claws. There are cases when predators after such self-defense died.
The case was documented when the hare, brought up by a homemade dog, adopted a number of habits from her, he even rushed on other dogs and bite them.
Zaitse not at all vegetarians. They eat not only cabbage, but also meat! In the north, the currot catchers know that if you do not deposure from the sink, then the hare will quickly eat it.
Although the hare is often called oblique, he does not have any squint. The squint the bias attributed hunters who noticed that the hare loops all the time and returns to his mark. In fact, the reason for such behavior is asymmetry in the development of the right and left laps of the Zaitsev.
Hare - as well as lion, an animal territorial. He "has no right to violate someone else's territory, so he surprises only within his" housing ".
In the summer heat, hares help to escape from overheating ears. They actively remove heat from the body. During the rain, the hares fell into the ears so that water did not get into them and they were not caught.
The teeth at the hare grow all their lives. They are erased when the hares gnaw food, but they never stop growing.
In winter, hares on the trouser wool lengthened a couple of millimeters so that the animal does not frozen the tummy. They grow up the hairs and around the nose, protecting it from frost. 
To communicate between relatives, hare use their "drum fraction", which they knock out their paws. Also, like elephants, animals are hung on the ground, warning other animals that the territory is busy.
Hares can spring on their legs with a speed of 50 kilometers per hour somewhat kilometers in a row, while making inconsisions are inconspicuous. It can be said that they have real springs in their paws.
Almost in all corners of the planet is hare Rusak.He meets everywhere, except the territory of Antarctica. This animal was famous for his cautious character, a clever runoff from chase and shumbly confusing his traces.
The mammal is a separate look and belongs to the genus of large hares. In many countries, this is one of the most popular hunting animals. This contributes to a highly developed reproductive system of the bunnies that can be fruit several times a year, producing at least 8 kids.
Better hare no one knows how to confuse traces. This is one of the most popular fabulous and animated characters, hotly beloved by children. Until the 20th century, they were not allocated by them. But the situation was corrected as a result of the settlement of the Zaitsev Rusakov in North America and New Zealand.
Features and habitat
Judging by description of the hare Rusaka- This is one of the largest ears among all his fellow. In length, it reaches up to 70 cm. His weight reaches 6 kg.
In the summer, in order to mask wool, the hare Rusak becomes gray with impurities of brown paints. In winter, it becomes somewhat lighter. Under it forms warm undercoat.
You can distinguish a hare from all other animals due to its long sticking ears. This is not only an animal hearing body, but also the perfect means for saving fluffy from overheating into too hot weather. With the help of seats on the ears that are not covered with wool, it turns out more heat from the body.
It is interesting to observe how the hare is hidden from the rain. He carefully presses the ears lowered to the head and carefully protects them from the fall of water. After all, they have another very important mission - save an animal from the possible danger that ears, as locators catch at a high distance.
Their average length is usually about 15 cm. Tail at the hare Rusak black, small sizes. Red eyes with brown tint. At the tips of the ears, it is possible to remove ferrous wool.
Rusak's hare can develop a greater speed, which sometimes reaches up to 50 km / h. This and the color of the wool is considered the main difference the hare of Rusak from Belyaka.On the color of the wool it is impossible to distinguish the male from the female.
The steppe and forest-steppe zone are the main habitat of these rapid animals. Hares prefer a warm and dry climate with a predominance of a large number of sunny days.
You can meet Rusakov in virtually all of Europe, except Spain and Scandinavia. He has long been found in Asia, Kazakhstan, in Altai. Recently, Australia, America, New Zealand and safely came across the rusts of Rusaki.
Animals feel comfortable in an open steppe with rarely encountered bushes and forest plantings. In winter, they can often be found not far from human dwellings. So it is easier for them to impregnate in the harsh cold.
Exterior view of the hare Rusakit is so clearly expressed that everyone who even for the first time in his life meets understands that it is he who is he, and not any other representative of the breed of hare.
One of the obvious signs of hare Rusakais their tendency to stay on open spaces. The most favorite places of habitat are agricultural land. Places where animals never have food problems.
Character and lifestyle
Rusaki hares prefer to live alone. Only during the marriage period they can find a couple. He is more convenient to lead a night lifestyle. As soon as the twilight of the hare Rusak goes out on the food crafts. All the rest of the time the animal rests in a secluded place, away from possible enemies, which the oblique is enough.
Animals own wonderful masking art. Sometimes they may hide so much that they are generally impossible to notice, even being very close.
There are no one specific housing. They are constantly in search of new housing for themselves. In summer, their refuge are not too deep holes that are in shrubs or high grass. With a lot of luck, the eared can find the abandoned hole of the badger or fox. With less, it can simply be settled under the bush.
In winter, his face is becoming a slight recess right in the snow. The place he chooses so that there was no winds. In caution, hares do not occupy. They can be so quiet and inconspicuous that they sometimes do not notice even the most attentive predator. Fluffy never publish unnecessary sounds.
But during the danger, everything around, including their congratulations, can hear their loud and shrill squeak. In addition to the pisch, the hares warn about the danger of another unique way - they begin to drag the paws intensively on the soil. Such an alphabet of Morse helps to escape from enemies to many hares of Rusakov.
Mostly hares live in one place. In winter, believing more like a place with a small amount of snow. Only with the formation of ice crust the hares massively migrate to other places. In order to find a meal in winter, hares Rusakov You have to move at distances tens of kilometers.
Besides fast speed \u200b\u200bhare Rusaka And he has confused traces, he has one more talent - he knows how to swim. Danger makes Rusaka to publish a loud clocen of teeth. And the one who caught the incredibly loud and shrill cry.
An animal is perfectly developed not only rumor, but also vision with the sense of smell. Therefore, to sneak to him and make photo with hare rusak almost impossible. It is also very difficult to catch up, because he develops a greater speed in fright.
If comparing speed hare Rusak and Belyaka Zaita,the speed of the first is relatively faster. Jumps and swims it also better than his white fellow. These animals have always been considered an object for hunters. They have a very tasty meat and soft, warm skin.
Food
This mammal of herbivore is not very welcoming in food. Hares most importantly so that it was. For them serves as a delicacy any field plant. Moreover, hares can eat it entirely, right with roots. Eared living nearby, eared, often make raids on human gardens and eat their favorite carrots with cabbage.
In winter, the trees, plant seeds, various residues of fruits and vegetables go to the move. Also saves them from the hungry existence of a winter wheat, which they find under the snow.
Visiting the garden sites, the hares bring sometimes irreparable harm to the gardeners. Apple trees are considered their favorite tree, it just always suffers more all the other fruit trees.
In an interesting fact, it is believed to gnawing an apple tree Zaitsev forcing not always hunger. In animals, the teeth are constantly growing, which it is trying to throw on solid surfaces. Thus, at the same time it turns out and snack.
Often, harets have a bad digestion of coarse food, so they often feed on their own litter, which helps it better to worry about the necessary substances.
Reproduction and life expectancy
At the beginning of the spring, the Rusakov Zaitsev begins the marriage. It lasts until winter. For all this time, the bunny can be about 4 broods. It is interesting to watch the marriage games of the hare and bunnies.
They happen somewhat unusual. Most often, many animal contests for female come between males. In the hare of Rusakov, everything happens somewhat differently.
Between the male and the female standing on the hind legs, the so-called "Box of the Zaitsev" occurs, in the process of which the female is trying to raise a partner. She shows his readiness for mating. That male, which is relaxing, usually lags behind in the marathon. Wins strong, he gets the honor to become the father of the family.
Pregnancy lasts up to 42 days. The maximum number will be engaged, which appeared on the light, reaches up to 8 individuals. They appear in their own eating female recess covered with moss. For a month, the bunny feeds the kids with milk.
Sometimes she can disappear for a couple of days. In such cases, the other bunnies take care of the inclination, the same nursing mother. Approximately at 8 months of age, they become harsh.
The entire brood of the female tries not to keep in one heap. Such a tricky maneuver, she undertakes in order for the predator to be able to attack all her offspring. Life expectancy of the hare Rusak in the wild medium lasts 6-15 years.
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