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HARES and RABBITS (Order LAGOMORPHA)
1 family, 7 species:
Scrub hare
Cape hare
Riverine rabbit
Natal red rock rabbit
Tameson's red rock rabbit
Smith's red rock rabbit
Hewitt's red rock rabbit
there are not rodents because they have a second pair of small peg-like incisors behind the constantly growing pair in the top jaw, unlike the rodents
long hind legs for running
very large and mobile ears
large eyes adapted to condition of low light
long and soft fur
nostrils can be opened and closed by a skin fold above
highly modified digestive system: they are able to cope with large quantities of vegetation. The ceacum situated between the large and the small intestines contains a bacterial flora that aids in digestion of cellulose. Many products of digestion pass from the ceacum into the blood stream but other vitamins (B12) are lost.
the Lagomorphs re-digest faeces and pass through their stomach twice (Coprophagy).
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