Arctic Hare vs Finger Flatsedge

Lepus arcticus compared with Cyperus digitatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arctic Hare	Finger Flatsedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Lepus	Cyperus
Species	Lepus arcticus	Cyperus digitatus

Conservation Status

Arctic Hare

LC — Least Concern

Finger Flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arctic Hare	Finger Flatsedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arctic Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Norway.

Finger Flatsedge

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), North America (Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Arctic Hare

The Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) is a species in the genus Lepus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.