Forest hare
A swift forest animal that flees early and seldom remains easy prey.
Forest hares alternate between quiet wandering, short sprints and sudden flight. They notice dangerous species nearby and quickly gain distance with their high escape speed. Magma can hunt them, but a long straight chase often ends when the prey leaves their sensing range. Hares rest more often at night and in rain; neither slows an immediate escape.
Like most forest animals, hares are not replaced indefinitely. They age, may die and leave carrion. A forest that has lost every animal of a species does not automatically fill with that species again. Their small bodies provide less food than deer or boars, but link hunting and later decay in the same way.
