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Corsican hare

Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898

VUVulnerablemammals

The corsican hare (Lepus corsicanus) is a species in the family Leporidae, order Lagomorpha. Recorded adults weigh 3 kg to 3.67 kg and live up to 10.7 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Corsican hare (Lepus corsicanus)
Photo: Marcosca at Italian Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the corsican hare

Weight
3 kg – 3.67 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
10.7 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
12 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
42 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
2.44src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
7.48 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
3.75src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the corsican hare live?

Not recorded

What is the corsican hare?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Corsican hare (Lepus corsicanus), also known as the Apennine hare or Italian hare, is a species of hare found in Southern Italy, Central Italy, and Corsica.

From the Wikipedia article “Corsican hare” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corsican_hare&oldid=1345025015), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the corsican hare endangered?

The corsican hare is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

How is the corsican hare classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderLagomorpha
  5. familyLeporidae
  6. genusLepus
  7. SpeciesLepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898
Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Apennine hareEnglish
  • Apennine hareEnglish
  • Apennine Italic hareEnglish
  • APPENINE HAREEnglish
  • CORSICAN HAREEnglish
  • Italian hareEnglish
  • Italian hareEnglish
  • Корсика моренMari
  • zajíc korsickýCzech
  • KorsikahaseGerman
  • ApenninenhaseGerman
  • Italienischer HaseGerman
  • Korsika-HaseGerman
  • Λαγός της ΚορσικήςGreek
  • Liebre corsaSpanish
  • Liebre de ApeninosSpanish
  • Liebre de CórcegaSpanish
  • Korsika jänesEstonian
  • italianrusakkoFinnish
  • Lièvre de CorseFrench
  • Lièvre corseFrench
  • Lièvre des ApenninsFrench
  • korzikai mezei nyúlHungarian
  • Lepre italicaItalian
  • Lepre AppenninicaItalian
  • コルシカノウサギJapanese
  • 아펜니노멧토끼Korean
  • 이탈리아멧토끼Korean
  • 코르시카멧토끼Korean
  • KorsikahareNorwegian Bokmål
  • Corsicaanse HaasDutch
  • zając apenińskiPolish
  • Lebre-italianaPortuguese
  • Корсиканский заяцRussian
  • lèporiSardinian
  • italiensk hareSwedish
  • 科西嘉島野兔Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the corsican hare

Other species in the same genus Lepus.

LC, Least Concern
Cape hare (Lepus capensis)

Cape hare

Lepus capensis

Leporidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the corsican hare?

An adult corsican hare weighs 3 kg – 3.67 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the corsican hare endangered?

The corsican hare is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the corsican hare live?

The corsican hare has a recorded lifespan of 10.7 years.

How long is the corsican hare pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 42 days.

What kind of animal is the corsican hare?

The corsican hare (Lepus corsicanus) belongs to the family Leporidae in the order Lagomorpha.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Corsican hare (Lepus corsicanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/corsican-hare

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BibTeX
@misc{corsican_hare_2026,
  title = {Corsican hare (Lepus corsicanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/corsican-hare},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}