Bed-jacket vs mountain hare

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Lepus timidus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while mountain hare is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	mountain hare
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Sapindaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Alectryon	Lepus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Lepus timidus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

mountain hare

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	mountain hare
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

mountain hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.