Ear tree vs Hainan Hare

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Lepus hainanus

Key Differences

• Ear tree is Least Concern while Hainan Hare is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ear tree	Hainan Hare
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Fabaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Enterolobium	Lepus
Species	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Lepus hainanus

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Hainan Hare

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ear tree	Hainan Hare
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Hainan Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.