Lepus europaeus

Fed rock doves (Columba livia) and brown hares (Lepus europaeus) with lead shot for 3 weeks to 6 months Death preceded by weight loss, convulsions, and inability to fly. Residues (mg/kg dry weight) at death ranged from 57 to 175 in liver, and 34 to 221 in kidney 27... 

European hare, Lepus europaeus Italy in vicinity of agricultural... 

European hare, Lepus europaeus Finland 1980-82 vs. 1992-93 Industrial area Kidney 36 FW vs. 29 FW 130... 

Stracciari, G.L., M. Merlanti, R. Rosmini, J.M. Stracciari, and V. Trocchi. 1980. Su un episodio di tossicosi ambientale da fitofarmaci in Lepus europaeus Pallas. Ricerch. Biol. Selvaggina 68 1-28 (in Italian, English summary). 

The same diet affects species differently. For instance, mountain hares, Lepus timidus, consume much hirch in their winter diet, while European hares, Lepus europaeus, do not. A high concentration of hirch phenolics in the diet causes massive sodium loss via the urine in European hares, but not in mountain hares (lason and Palo, 1991). Further, among laboratory rodents, hamsters are extremely sensitive to tannins while rats and mice easily adjust within 3 days to doses of condensed tannins that are lethal to hamsters (Mehansho etal, 1987). 

Fed rock doves Columba livia) and brown hares Lepus europaeus) with lead shot for 3 weeks to 6 months... 

The same conclusions were also recorded for vertebrate herbivores. For example rabbits (Cuniculus europaeus) and hares (Lepus europaeus) clearly prefer the sweet plants and leave the bitter plants almost untouched, at least as long as there is an alternative food source. In conclusion, although taste perception in mammals and insects differs in many aspects, there also some similarities both in anatomy and in the function of the bitter taste perception. A comparison of the effects of alkaloids, as well as of other bitter compounds, will be assisted by further advances in the knowledge of the structure of taste genes and receptors. 

Lepus europaeus n.i. n.i. Sweet lu Nnes are preferred, bitter discriminated 459.460... 

Rabbits and hares are well-known animals to most people. The natural distribution of this group of animals is extensive, occurring worldwide except for Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, and various Pacific islands. However, humans have deliberately introduced rabbits to these other places, in particular the European rabbit Oryctolagus cunicidus) and the European hare Lepus europaeus). Both of these species typically become pests in their introduced habitats, where their abundance is not well controlled by predators. 

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