rabbits and hares

family of lagomorphs
Taxon taxon Q25900
rabbits and hares
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rabbits and hares

Summary

rabbits and hares is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,228 views/month, #649 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • rabbits and hares's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • rabbits and hares is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • rabbits and hares belongs to the parent taxon Lagomorpha[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, rabbits and hares is Leporidae[6].
  • rabbits and hares's Commons category is recorded as Leporidae[7].
  • rabbits and hares began on -53000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • rabbits and hares's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leporidae[9].
  • rabbits and hares's Commons gallery is recorded as Leporidae[10].
  • rabbits and hares's depicted by is recorded as Rabbits and hares in the arts[11].
  • rabbits and hares's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[12].
  • rabbits and hares's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13].
  • rabbits and hares's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[14].
  • rabbits and hares is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'harefamilien'}[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, rabbits and hares is Leporidae[6]. It is classified at the rank of family[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Lagomorpha[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'harefamilien'}[15].

Identifiers

rabbits and hares's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43095[16]. rabbits and hares's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9979[17]. rabbits and hares's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1689[18]. rabbits and hares's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9379[19]. rabbits and hares's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180110[20].

Discovery and Description

Things named for rabbits and hares include Red Hare[21], an individual animal[22] and Sanitz[23], a small regional center[24], in Germany[25].

Why It Matters

rabbits and hares ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,228 views/month, #649 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for it include Red Hare[21], an individual animal[22] and Sanitz[23], a small regional center[24], in Germany[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . 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. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d 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 */ [[Property:P1617]]: 41516d97-d674-4dfe-88fc-348ffb4b6a88, Adding BBC Things ID"
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