[Sca-cooks] hare vs rabbit

[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Christina Nevin:
>  > My big-ass (as my son would say) dictionary was of no help, so I will ask=
>  you guys.... what is the differance between a hare and a rabbit. And which=
>  one is a *cony*? The dictionary only said that a rabbit was a small hare. =
>  Is that it?
>>  Thanks!
>>  Phillipa
>>  ps... what does rabbit and/or hare taste like? and don't say chicken!!
>
>Actually, as far as I remember, rabbits and hares are not actually in the
>same family/genus. I could be wrong. Can anyone help out there?

Same order (Lagomorpha: hares, rabbits, pikas), same family
(Leporidae) different geni; hares are Lepus and rabbits are
Oryctalagus or Sylvilagus.

A coney, BTW, is a young rabbit, IIRC, but definitely not a hare.

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