This hare is found only in the deserted area, therefore it is named by the ‘Desert hare’.
The desert hare length of the desert hare, living in the forest is about 30 cm to 40 cm and the weight is about 1.5 to 2 kg. Though the female hare gives birth to the young ones twice a year and after the two months of conception period gives birth to two young ones.
These young ones become adult within three months only. The main diet (food) of the desert hare is grass and tree plants and tiny leaves. Generally the desert have abodes in the bushy trees, in the forest or in the fields around the village.
The desert hares are night animals especially the desert hares prefer to live alone. It can hide itself because of its colour like sand. The neither of the two species, found in gujarat can be easily tamed.
If you tame the desert hare, it would run away from the man when ever it gets any chance to flee. https://wildstreakofnature.com/gu/learn-only-about-desert-hares-living-in-desert-areas/The white vabbits that are tamed here in Gujarat are not of these species.
They are brought from outside. They are found only in caged position. They are called rabbits. Although the diet (food) and habits of the tamed rabbits and country hares are mostly similar. 62 species of the rabbits are found in the world. Eight species among them are found in India while two of them are found in Gujarat.
One is our common Indian rabbit and another is the desert hare that is hardly seen in Gujarat. According to its name the desert hare is found in dry and sandy area.
Its presence can be noted especially in Rajasthan and Gujarat. The pervasion i.e spread of the hare is somewhat little in the area like desert of kutch, saurrashtra, Banaskantha and the area of Mahesana.
The desert hare matches with the soil colour of land. Its colour is a little yellowish and greyish. They are little smaller than that of Indian hares.
with a view to protecting from the heat and the day light, the desert hare prefers to move around during the might time as most of the animals of the dry area do. Most probably it is found moving alone.
Mostly it is found with the youngones and the female hare only. When it is the period of mating time. For the identity of this animal two terms are used i.e rabbit and hare in english. In both the hare and rabbit, the body construction is quite difficult in rearing and protection.
The pregnancy period of the desert hair is of two months while the rabbit’s pregnancy period is of half of that one i.e of one month only so as a result the number of rabbits increses very speedily. The rabbit is a tamed animal while the desert hare can not be tamed easily as they move in their natural state.
The desert hare has to protect itself from the hound animals, so it can change the colour of its body and counterfeit into the colour of dry grass while the rabbits are black and white.
The front small legs of the hare are very useful to run fast and the long ears are useful to listen the little sound well. While the rabbits have no need of self defence. Their legs and ears are sorter and smaller than that of desert hare.
The desert hares are used to live alone while the rabbits are used to live in a herd. The young ones of the desert hare are born with fur on the body and the eyes opened. And the youngones of rabbit are born without fur and the eyes closed.
The desert hare can adjust in the dry area and the heat and light of the desert. They can survive with the little food and water. It can move easily in the dessert. The god has made the internal and external components according to their need.
