Mountain hare  (Lepus timidus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Lagomorpha
Family Leporidae
Genus Lepus (1)
Size Head and body length: 46-65 cm (2)
Tail length: 4.3-8 cm (2)
Weight 2-6 kg (2)

Status

Not protected in the UK (3). Listed in Annex V of the EC Habitats Directive as a species of community interest (4).