the jury is out on that Based on outward appearances you might think that rodents and lagomorphs are closely related. They do have a similar appearance, they exist in similar ecological niches, they are vegetarian, and they have continuously growing incisors, but they are fundamentally different. Mammalogists now think that lagomorphs are more closely related to ungulates (the hoofed mammals) than to rodents.
Rabbit young are born naked and rather helpless (altricial). Hares bear young that are furred and able to move about shortly after birth
Yes but why should they get any special