Leveret (baby Hare) help needed.

My son discovered the six Leveret's below whilst digging over his vegetable plot yesterday. Having been disturbed it looks like the mother has abandoned them. He's not managed to raise the local wildlife rescue centre so do you think there is any chance he can take over the raising of them. Any knowledge anyone has would be welcome please. I point out that he lives in America.

 

@Sheal I think these are baby rabbits and not Leverets as Leverets are born on top of the ground in what is known as a form which is just like a depression and I think they can more or less fend for themselves straight away unlike baby rabbits which are born in a burrow blind and helpless and so will depend on their mum to feed and keep them warm until they are old enough to venture above ground.

Woos Link is good and I hope that your son can help them if they are still alive if he found them yesterday as without milk they won't last too long

 

Thank you @wiseowl, @Kandy and @Marley Farley for your help. A bit of confusion here now. They were found above ground and in amongst the nesting material which you can see in the picture, this would suggest they are Leverets. However, the information given on the links you have kindly posted and my own look around the interweb, including a look at images suggests Kandy is right and they are rabbits. So do we have a lazy Mrs. Bunny here that hasn't bothered to dig a burrow to have her young?

I'll keep you updated on these little creatures.

 

Thanks for the link @Marley Farley. Reading through it I don't think my son has Jack rabbits but Cottontails. They have the nesting habits of a Hare but the young are very like an ordinary rabbit.

Eastern cottontail videos, photos and facts - Sylvilagus floridanus

 

The babies made it through last night and were still alive and moving around this morning. Sadly not so when my daughter-in-law returned from work this afternoon. It would seem Mrs. Bunny had abandoned them.