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Rabbits and Hares

Order Rodents or Gnawing Animals

Rabbits are perhaps the most widely known of any of our wild animals. As our commonest "game" they are familiar to every gunner and equally so to those who are acquainted with them only in the markets. Their distribution, too, is almost universal and in America, from the polar regions to the tropics, they exist in one form or another. Rabbits are also frequently known as hares, and the careless usage of the two names has given rise to much confusion in the popular mind as to just what constitutes the difference between them.