Chinese Hare vs Common Ostrich

Lepus sinensis compared with Struthio camelus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Hare	Common Ostrich
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)	Struthioniformes (Struthioniformes)
Family	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)	Struthionidae
Genus	Lepus	Struthio
Species	Lepus sinensis	Struthio camelus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chinese Hare and Common Ostrich share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Chinese Hare

LC — Least Concern

Common Ostrich

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Hare	Common Ostrich
Diet	—	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	2.1 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Ostrich

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (5 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).

Chinese Hare

The Chinese Hare (Lepus sinensis) is a species in the genus Lepus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Common Ostrich

The world's largest and heaviest living bird, common ostriches stand up to 2.8 meters tall and weigh 156 kg, inhabiting savannas and semi-arid plains of Africa. Flightless, they compensate with powerful long legs capable of delivering lethal kicks and sustaining running speeds of 70 km/h — the fastest of any bird. Their large eyes are the biggest of any land vertebrate. Ostriches lay the largest eggs of any living bird.