Chinese Hare vs Ferny Azolla

Lepus sinensis compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Hare	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Lepus	Azolla
Species	Lepus sinensis	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Chinese Hare

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Hare	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

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.