Animal directory
Mountain Hare
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for Mountain Hare.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Lepus timidus
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Least concern
- Status code
- LC
- Regions
- Arctic, Asia, Europe
- Biomes
- Taiga, Temperate, Tundra
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Mammals
- Revealed
- 2026-08-18
- Status groups
- Least concern
- Tax class
- Mammalia
- Tax family
- Leporidae
- Tax genus
- Lepus
- Tax order
- Lagomorpha
- Wild population
- Abundant, Unknown
- Wild population count
- Unknown
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 1
- Barrier height
- 1.25 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- Yes
- Temp min
- -30 °C
- Temp max
- 25 °C
- Area land min
- 200 m²
- Area land
- 200 m² + 90 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- Unknown
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- 5 m² per animal
- Area water
- Unknown
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 15-100%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Grass 30-100%, Short Grass 25-100%, Sand 10-30%, Soil 0-40%, Rock 0-40%
- Water barrier depth
- 1 m
- Water barrier width
- 3 m
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 1-5 (up to 4 males, up to 4 females)
- Life expectancy
- 4-10 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-5
- Bachelor males
- 1-5
- Breeding difficulty
- Very Easy
- Gestation
- 1.6 months
- Gestation months
- 1.6 months
- Group name
- Unknown
- Interbirth
- 10.4 months
- Interbirth months
- 10.4 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1-4
- Mating season
- Spring and Summer
- Mating system
- Promiscuous
- Maturity age
- 1 year
- Maturity years
- 1 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- Death
Other facts
- Diet
- Hay, Herbivore Pellets
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Unknown
- Dominance
- Females dominant
- Enrichment
- Cardboard Box, Rattle, Small Ball, Small Ice Ball, Tunnel
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m, Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m, Fruit Spike Tree, Melon Feeder, Suspended Veggie Feeder
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- None
- Size female
- 0.55 m
- Size male
- 0.5 m
- Size max
- 0.55 m
- Size measure
- Nose to rump
- Temperature
- -30 to 25°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Ground Water Fountain - Small
- Weather dislikes
- Rain
- Weight female
- Unknown
- Weight female text
- Unknown
- Weight juvenile
- 800 g
- Weight male
- Unknown
- Weight male text
- Unknown
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: at least 3 objects or plants with the Bushes tag | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Mountain Hare Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Thriving Requirement 2: Heavy Soil terrain | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Before this level: an Observation Network (Observation Platform) in Scottish Highlands and this species released in Scottish Highlands |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 4: at least 50% native plants | Unknown |
| Level 6 | Thriving Requirement 5: at least 10 objects or plants with the Tree Litter tag; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Observation network present at Scottish Highlands AND Mountain Hare released at Scottish Highlands
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed Group | Mixed group | 2 males, 2 females |
| Maternal Family Group | Female group | 1 female |
| Solitary Male | Solitary male | 1 male |
Release requirements
| Requirement type | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Ecosystems Required | Moorland |
(established)
Moorland
Mountain Hare2
Barriers at this grade2
Feeders5
Enrichment items5
Water sources1
Research levels1
Ecosystems2
Related entries81
- Used by species · Small Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Tunnel (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Fabric Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Small Ball (Requires / provides)
- Release requires ecosystem · Moorland · Moorland (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Mountain Hare (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Rattle (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Mountain Hare (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Fruit Spike Tree (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Small Ice Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Water sources · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Taiga (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Tundra (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Tunnel (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Taiga (Used by / linked from)
- Mountain hare · Mountain Hare (Requires / provides)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Has release groups · Mountain Hare (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Fruit Spike Tree (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Suspended Veggie Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Rattle (Used by / linked from)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Suspended Veggie Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Small Ice Ball (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Small Ice Ball (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Rattle (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Temperate (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Cardboard Box (Used by / linked from)
- Has research · Mountain Hare (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Cardboard Box (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Fabric Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Tundra (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Tundra (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Cardboard Box (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Suspended Veggie Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · European Brown Hare Syndrome Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Hedge (Used by / linked from)
- Mountain hare · Mountain Hare (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Staphylococcus Infection (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Small Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Suspended Veggie Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Temperate (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Rattle (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Nematodiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Cardboard Box (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Small Ice Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Taiga (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Hedge (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Small Ball (Requires / provides)
- Lives in biome · Temperate (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Toxoplasmosis (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Tundra (Requires / provides)
- Research levels · Mountain Hare (Requires / provides)
- Objectives · Deer, Oh Deer (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Tunnel (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Temperate (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Hedge (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Fruit Spike Tree (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · Mountain Hare (Requires / provides)
- Uses water source · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Researches species · Mountain Hare (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Taiga (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Fruit Spike Tree (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · Moorland (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Fabric Netting (Requires / provides)
Sources29
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- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/barriers/hedge ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes/taiga ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes/temperate ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes/tundra ·
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- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/melon-feeder ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/rattle ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/small-ball ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/small-ice-ball ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/enrichment/suspended-veggie-feeder ·
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