Downy Safflower vs Japanese Hare

Carthamus lanatus compared with Lepus brachyurus

Key Differences

• Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated while Japanese Hare is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Safflower	Japanese Hare
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Carthamus	Lepus
Species	Carthamus lanatus	Lepus brachyurus

Conservation Status

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Hare

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Safflower	Japanese Hare
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Japanese Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.