Japanese hare
| Japanese hare | |
|---|---|
| in March, in a park in Tsukuba, Japan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Lepus |
| Species: | L. brachyurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepus brachyurus Temminck, 1845 | |
| Japanese hare range | |
The Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus) is a species of hare endemic to Japan. In Japanese, it is called the Nousagi (Japanese: 野兎), meaning "field rabbit".
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