Brown hare (Lepus capensis, the European brown hare) at sunrise beside a farm track, Riverina NSW

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Record details

Basis of record

Human observation

Verbatim identification

European brown hare (Lepus europaeus)

Taxon rank

Species

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Lagomorpha

Family

Leporidae

Genus

Lepus

Specific epithet

capensis

Scientific name

Lepus capensis

Scientific name authorship

Linnaeus, 1758

Name according to

Australian Faunal Directory, via the ALA name matcher

Nomenclatural code

ICZN (zoological)

Taxonomic status

Accepted

Name match type

Exact match

Checklist

Atlas of Living Australia (Australian Faunal Directory)

Checklist version

ALA name matching API, accessed 2026-11-06

Scientific name ID

https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6240deca-2f4f-4bcd-a944-c49df0ae83b5

Identification remarks

Photos: long black-tipped ears, tawny coat, long hind legs, upright sitting posture; the only hare species established in Australia.

Identification confidence

Certain

Wild, cultivated or captive

Wild

Establishment means

Introduced

Individual count

1

Life stage

Adult

Sex

Not recorded

Event date

2026-11-06

Sampling protocol

Photographed handheld with a phone (Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, telephoto lens at about 10x digital zoom), 19 photos from 06:18:40 to 06:19:34 AEDT, plus a short video. Two photos chosen; rotated upright and saved as JPEG copies with GPS and camera location removed. No other editing.

Occurrence remarks

One adult brown hare sitting upright and alert on the gravel edge of a farm track, beside a steel gate post, in low golden sunrise light. Long black-tipped ears, a tawny coat and long hind legs set it apart from a rabbit. It sat still for about a minute, then moved off along the track. Dry grasses and small blue flowers line the track behind it.

Uncertainty remarks

Identified from photos. About 10x digital zoom, so fine detail is soft. Sex and exact age not determined. Site position deliberately generalised to about 60 km to protect a private home.

Occurrence status

Present

Behaviour

Sitting upright and alert beside a gate post at sunrise, then moving along the track.

Data quality statement

Name checked against the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) name matcher on 6 Nov 2026: 'Lepus europaeus' resolves to the accepted name Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758 (Brown Hare) in the Australian Faunal Directory. Photos are unedited apart from rotation and metadata removal.

Source

Rob Evans' phone photos 20261106_061922.jpg and 20261106_061926.jpg (originals kept privately with full metadata)

Place

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Cite this record

Rob Evans (2026). Brown hare (Lepus capensis, the European brown hare) at sunrise beside a farm track, Riverina NSW. Clio Online Museum. https://cliomuseum.org/records/record-b21b3fd5-ef11-442d-8b33-201815542a60

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Published recordVersion 1

Creators

• Rob Evans https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6391-4464 (opens in a new tab) (verified with ORCID)

Version and provenance

Version identifier

version-b07d0e9c-87df-4da5-9bf9-d95d74826903

Canonical commitment

sha3-384:74ef5908a7ff06921c40f963939df03b53adeec68247f3f9816fe4f38939b293b9ef7a1a4ffcad48c04f25b8f6bcc877

Accepted

2026-11-05

Evidence profile and standards

• Darwin Core 2026-05-26