Editing Hare (section)

===Differences from rabbits===
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Hares are generally larger than rabbits, with longer ears, and have black markings on their fur. They have 48 chromosomes,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hsu |first=T. C. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/851820869 |title=An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes : Volume 1 |date=1967 |publisher=Springer New York |others=Kurt Benirschke |isbn=978-1-4615-6422-5 |location=New York, NY |oclc=851820869}}</ref> while rabbits have 44.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Painter |first=Theophilus S. |date=1926 |title=Studies in mammalian spermatogenesis VI. The chromosomes of the rabbit |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.1050430102 |journal=Journal of Morphology |language=en |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=1–43 |doi=10.1002/jmor.1050430102 |s2cid=85002717 |issn=0362-2525}}</ref> Hares have not been domesticated, while some rabbits are raised for food and kept as [[pet]]s.

Some rabbits live and give birth underground in burrows, with many burrows in an area forming a warren.  Other rabbits and hares live and give birth in simple forms (shallow depression or flattened nest of grass) above the ground.  Hares usually do not live in groups. Young hares are adapted to the lack of physical protection, relative to that afforded by a burrow, by being born fully furred and with eyes open. They are hence [[precocial]], able to fend for themselves soon after birth. By contrast, rabbits are [[altricial]], being born blind and hairless.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Langley|first1=Liz|title=What's the Difference Between Rabbits and Hares?|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141219-rabbits-hares-animals-science-mating-courtship/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220122938/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141219-rabbits-hares-animals-science-mating-courtship/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2014|website=National Geographic|date=19 December 2014}}</ref>