Brown hare

Brown hare are not native to Britain. Recent archaelogical evidence suggests that their arrival pre-dates the Romans and therefore supporting the observations of Julius Caesar who noted in "De Bello Gallico" that the early Britons kept pet hare for food.
They have colonised landscapes at the expense of the native Blue Hare (or mountain hare), which in Britain is now largely confined to upland areas. Both species have been widely introduced in Britain and elsewhere for hunting purposes, mainly in the nineteenth century.