Leviticus 11:6

“And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, etc.] Or, “though he chews” it: but divideth not the hoof, he [is] unclean to you; and so not to be eaten; so Plutarch f230 says, that the Jews are said to abstain from the hare, disdaining it as a filthy and unclean animal, and yet was in the greatest esteem with the Romans of any four footed beast, as Martial says f231: Moses, as Bochart f232 and other learned men observe, is the only writer that speaks of the hare as chewing the cud; though they also observe, that Aristotle f233 makes mention of that in common with those that do chew the cud, namely a “coagulum” or “runnet” in its stomach; his words are, “all that have many bellies have what is…”

“the hare--Two species of hare must have been pointed at: the Sinai hare, the hare of the desert, small and generally brown; the other, the hare of Palestine and Syria, about the size and appearance of that known in our own country. Neither the hare nor the coney are really ruminating. They only appear to be so from working the jaws on the grasses they live on. They are not cloven-footed; and besides, it is said that from the great quantity of down upon them, they are very much subject to vermin--that in order to expel these, they eat poisonous plants, and if used as food while in that state, they are most deleterious [WHITLAW].”

“the hare: Deu 14:7 Leviticus 11:7”