Japanese hare Japanese hare The Japanese hare ("Lepus brachyurus") is a species of hare native to Japan. Coenraad Jacob Temminck described the Japanese hare in 1845. The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek "brachys" "short" and "ouros" "tail". The four subspecies of this hare are: The Japanese hare is reddish-brown, with a body length that ranges from , and a body weight of . Its tail grows to lengths of . Its front legs can be from long and the back legs from long. The ears grow to be long, and the tail long. In areas of northern Japan, the
His Hare-Raising Tale if every word I've said isn't true, I hope I'm run over by a streetcar", and suddenly a streetcar appears in the room and runs over Bugs. He then looks at his alarmed nephew and says: "I suppose you don't believe I was run over by a streetcar!" His Hare-Raising Tale His Hare-Raising Tale is a 1951 Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" (reissued as a Blue Ribbon "Merrie Melodies") short, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster. This cartoon consists primarily of clips from five previous cartoons: "Baseball Bugs" (1946); "Stage Door Cartoon" (1944); "Rabbit Punch" (1948); "Falling Hare"