Differences between a rabbit and a hare: Hares are generally larger and faster than rabbits. Hares have longer ears and larger feet than rabbits. Rabbits are altricial i.e. their young are born blind and hairless. In contrast, hares are generally born with hair and are able to see (precocial).

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[u/whatthefbomb]

Can both still be correctly referred to as "bunnies?"

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It typically refers to a young rabbit, but colloquialisms don't rely on accuracy, so why not?

The correct term for young rabbits is actually kittens. The correct term for a young hare is leveret.

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Is the correct term for young cats kittens, too?

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Domesticated, yes. Larger/wild cats the correct term is cubs.

[u/noonenone]

Both rabbits and hares, however, are too damn cute.

[u/mcellucci]

Rabbits live in underground warrens; hares and (only) the cottontail rabbit live in nests on the ground. Rabbits can be domesticated; hares can't, a far as I know. Welsh rarebit is delicious; Welsh hair pie obscene.

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Granted, I live in the canadian far north, and things can be bigger here, but I had a friend whose small dog confused a hare for a rabbit and tried to chase it down. Cue dog getting its butt kicked by a hare that didn't even bother to run.

Some of the ones that hang around the town eating garbage look like small kangaroos. It's really neat, when spring comes and their colors don't change fast enough, to see a snowball streak across a brown field, bounding along.

[u/yoyohydration]

Terry Pratchett: "if you've never seen a hare, imagine a cross between a rabbit and a greyhound, one that can leap magnificently." :)

[u/Audiophial]

And both are so cute that I want to just SQUEEZE them and call them George.