Rabbits & Hares.

Hares and rabbits, are they the same animal but with different names ? 
I used to think that they are the same but with different names, because they look alike. But I recently learned that they are not the same in several ways.  


Hares: To begin, hares are wild animals found in cold climates, and they are generally larger in size than rabbits, and they have longer hind legs and run a lot faster than rabbits and also they have longer ears than rabbits. Plus hares' ears tend to stay down. When hares are born, they usually have a full coat of fur and their eyes are open. A baby hare is called a leveret. They don't stay with their mother as long as rabbits do, and hares are very independant from the time they can run.


Rabbits: Okay unlike the hares, rabbits come from the warmer climates. & Rabbits are a lot more compact, smaller with shorter ears and shorter legs, and their ears stick up unlike the hares.The baby rabbits are called bunnies, and when they are born, they are with no fur or hairless. Also when they are born, they are blind, with their eyes closed. After they are born, they are completely helpless and they all have to depend on their mother for everything for at least 8 weeks. A rabbits' diet should be mainly grass or hay, and veggies with a small amount of pellets. 


Rabbits and hares both molt and later grow new furs. This happens in both the spring and in the fall seasons. Rabbits' brown summer fur is  then replaced with fur that is a lot grayer. And hares, especially those living in cold, snowy regions,  their fur will turn white in the winter.
All rabbits, well actually except for the cotton tail rabbits live underground in the burrows or warrens, while the hares, and the cotton tail rabbits live in the simple nests above the ground, and plus  usually they do not live in groups while the rabbits do. Also,  hares have not been domesticated, while rabbits are often kept as house pets .