appearance, a rabbit’s head is rounder than that of a hare, as are its ears, which are also shorter and lack a hare’s distinctive black tips. Its eyes are entirely black, with no amber iris, and are set lower down on its head. Rabbit fur is generally grey in colour, compared to the brown, tawny pelt of most lowland hares. Rabbits have stocky bodies and short legs and necks, and they move with a scuttle and a jump, their white tails showing all the while, unlike the hare, which has a rangy stride and carries its tail pointing downwards with only the black surface showing. Most species of rabbit
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