Mountain Hare

Mountain Hare

Lepus timidus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Cairngorms National Park

Closest Relatives at Cairngorms National Park

Brown Hare
LC

Brown Hare

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Lepus europaeus

20–30% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
40–50
Feb
50–60
Mar
30–40
Apr
30–40
May
30–40
Jun
30–40
Jul
20–30
Aug
10–20
Sep
0–10
Oct
30–40
Nov
50–60
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
30–40%
2 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Hare in Cairngorms National Park?

About 36% of visitor-days record a Mountain Hare sighting in Cairngorms National Park, based on 68 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Mountain Hare in Cairngorms National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Hare in Cairngorms National Park in our monthly data.

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