rabbits and hares

family of lagomorphs
Taxon taxon Q25900
rabbits and hares
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Summary

rabbits and hares is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,920 views/month, #649 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lagomorpha[4]
  • Taxon name: Leporidae[5]
  • Commons category: Leporidae[6]
  • Start time: -53000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Leporidae[8]
  • Commons gallery: Leporidae[9]
  • Depicted by: Rabbits and hares in the arts[10]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[11], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12], Pauly–Wissowa[13]
  • Taxon common name: harefamilien[14]

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Identifiers

rabbits and hares's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43095[15]. rabbits and hares's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9979[16]. rabbits and hares's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1689[17]. rabbits and hares's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9379[18]. rabbits and hares's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180110[19].

Discovery and Description

Things named for rabbits and hares include Red Hare[20], an individual animal[21] and Sanitz[22], a small regional center[23], in Germany[24].

Why It Matters

rabbits and hares has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for it include Red Hare[20], an individual animal[21] and Sanitz[22], a small regional center[23], in Germany[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Jerimee · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q9394
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: rabbit"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C2199
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C2199, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q319482
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q319482, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → hares
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hares, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289935270|hares (#289935270)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  5. 22w ago · AnnaMehta · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Pauly–Wissowa
    Topic's main category → Category:Leporidae
    Depicted by → Rabbits and hares in the arts
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bbc things id: 41516d97-d674-4dfe-88fc-348ffb4b6a88, Adding BBC Things ID"
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