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21.05.2011 - 14:05 |  Looduskalender
Text: Eesti Post

 
On the 19th of May Estonian Post issued its 10th stamp - dedicated to the European Brown Hare - in the Fauna series.

In Estonia, the European or brown hare (Lepus europaeus Pall) is the latest arrival among mammals, a species that settled in the area from the south about 200-300 years ago when a part of their forest habitats had been replaced by fields. As a result it is also called the field hare. As the scientific name indicates it has spread mainly throughout Europé, being absent only in northern parts of Scandinavia. The European hare is the biggest species of the genus Lepus, weighing from 4 to 5 (and up to 7.4) kilograms, bearing 2-3 times annually one to six (seven) well-developed offspring, whom it suckles for about one month.

 

The number of brown hares has fallen throughout Europe during the past half-century. As late as in the 1960s more than 100,000 brown hares were counted in Estonia. No counts are being carried out at present, but the number of European brown hares is assessed at slightly above 20,000.

The stamp series depicting Estonian mammals was initiated in 2002 and all 9 earlier images have been designed by Sándor Stern. The order of release has been: wild boar, ringed seal, wolf, beaver, elk, badger, brown long-eared bat, brown bear, garden dormouse and, now, the brown hare..


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