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Rabbit Breeds
Rabbits are small cute furry critters found in several parts of the world. There are eight different groups within the rabbit family, including the European rabbit, cottontail rabbits, and the Amami rabbit (an endangered species in Japan).
The only rabbit to be widely domesticated is the European rabbit, which has been extensively bred for food and as pets. Rabbits were first widely kept in ancient Rome and they were refined into a wide variety of breeds during and since the middle Ages.
Domesticated rabbits have mostly been bred to be much larger than wild rabbits, although selective breeding has produced rabbits in a wide range of sizes from dwarf to giant.
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Breeds of Rabbits
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There are the following breeds of Rabbits:
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 Alaska
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Alaska
rabbit have short, lustrous dense fur. They are always black. Their body is
thickset and well rounded, weighing 7-9 lb. They can be kept indoors or
outside, but they are known to be destructive chewers. A diet with plenty of
leafy greens help their coats stay healthy and vibrant.
Alaska
rabbits were initially bred from Champagne d’Argent, Dutch, Havana, and Himalayan rabbits as a substitute for the pelts of the
Alaska fox in the early 1900’s. The silver/black fur of the fox was never
achieved, but the thick, short, shiny coat of this new breed of rabbit caught
on and they were a popular choice to raise for their fur and as pets. In the
1980’s Black Havana rabbits were hugely popular and Alaska rabbits were dropped
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Altex |
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American Blue |
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American Fuzzy Lop |
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American Fuzzy Lop Rabbits are raised for wool. Their wool
is similar to Angora Rabbits although it is shorter than an Angoras wool.
American Fuzzy Lop Rabbits are a combination of French Angora and Holland Lop Rabbits.
Patty Greene-Karl is credited with realizing that the fuzzy gene was recessive, mating two Holland Lops carrying this
gene resulted in a certain percentage of the offspring (theoretically 25%) with
fuzzy wool. Patty decided to develop these rabbits as a new breed, named the
American Fuzzy Lop.
American Fuzzy Lop Rabbits weigh 3-4 lbs. as an adult with a
preferred weight of bucks at 3.5 lbs. and does at 3.75 lbs. They have a very
compact body, which appears very muscular. Their ears do not stand s
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American Sable |
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American White |
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Angora |
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Angora rabbits are one of the oldest domesticated breeds of
rabbit and are highly treasured for their fiber. The origin of the Angora
rabbit is unknown; one theory is that Angora rabbits originated from the
Turkish province of Ankara, hence the name Angora.
There are six breeds of rabbits with angora wool: English
Angora, French Angora, Satin Angora, Giant Angora, American Fuzzy Lop, and Jersey
Wooly. The Giant Angora is the largest breed of Angora rabbits; typically the
bucks weigh 9.5 pounds at maturity, and the does are 10 pounds and up. The
Jersey Wooly is the smallest of the Angora breeds and generally weighs less
than 3.5 pounds.
Satin Angoras combines two fur types. No other rabbit breed
combines the translucen
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Argente Bleu |
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Argente Brun |
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Argente Clair |
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Argente Creme |
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Argente de Champagne |
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Argente Noir |
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Argente St Hubert |
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Argente St. Huberts are a heavily silvered black
agouti-based rabbit. Parting the hairs on their silvered pelt reveals grey near
their skin, also a rich orange or rufous ring and black tips on those hair
shafts that have not lost their pigment. Their lineage included the genes of
wild European rabbits with Champagnes, Belgian hares, and common French farm
rabbits.
They were established in France in the 1880''s. However, at
one point they were almost extinct in France, but they were brought by using
Champagnes and Belgian Hares.
Argente St. Huberts weigh around 2.72 kg (6lb).
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Baladi |
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Bauscat |
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Beige |
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Belgian Hare |
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Beveren |
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Blanc de Bouscat |
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Blanc de Hotot |
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Blanc de Popielno |
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Blanc de Termonde |
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Blue of Ham |
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Blue of Sint-Niklaas |
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Bourbonnais Grey |
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Brazilian |
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Britannia Petite |
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British Giant |
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Brown Chestnut of Lorraine |
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Deilenaar |
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Dutch |
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Dutch (Tri-Coloured) |
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Dwarf Hotot |
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Dwarf Lop (Mini Lop) |
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Elfin |
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Enderby Island |
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The breed of rabbits known as Enderby Island or just Enderby are descendants of rabbits taken from Australia and released onto subantarctic
Enderby Island in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand, group early in October
1865. Here they engendered a rabbit population which was to remain in isolation
for nearly 130 years.
A breeding group of 49 rabbits was removed from the Island
in September 1992.
Most Enderby Island rabbits are a distinctive silver-grey in
color with an undercoat of dark slate blue. Their heads, ears and tails are
much darker - often being black. This unusual coloring has led to a suggestion
that the original animals released were the French Argente de Champagne breed
(Champagne Silver), but there is no ha
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English Angora |
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English Lop |
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English Spot |
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Fauve de Bourgogne |
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Fee de Marbourg (Marburger) |
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Flemish Giant |
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Flemish Giant Rabbits were developed in the Flanders region
of Europe where it was recorded as occurring in Belgium in the sixteenth
century.
Before and during World War II, it was very common in Europe
to see these large easy-care rabbits being raised by children, who fed them on
garden produce, to provide cheap and healthy meals in hard times.
The adult weight of a Flemish Giant is around 6.4 kilograms
for a buck and 6.8 kilograms for a doe. Breeders aim for a long body length
with a large rump, and the ears having a length of around 150 millimeters - the
longer the better. By nature they are considered to be gentle giants.
It can take 12 to 14 months for a doe to reach its adult
weight and be ready for mating
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Florida White |
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French Angora |
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French Angora Rabbits have been domesticated for their wool
for over 2000 years. The French Angora Rabbit breed was first brought into the
United States during the early parts of the twentieth century. The French
Angora Rabbit is developed chiefly because of their high-quality fur and meat.
The French Angora is a big size rabbit that has a body weight, ranging from 7.5
lbs to 10 lbs (3.4 kg to 4.5 kg).
The French Angora
Rabbits contain two coats of hair, such as a coarse guard hair that extends
further their undercoat, and a dense, crimped wool coat. The maximum length of
the wool of the French Angora Rabbits ranges from 2 inches (5 cm) to 6 inches
(15cm). The French Angora Rabbit variety is different from other Angora R
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French Lop |
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Gabali |
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German Angora |
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German Angora Rabbits were developed in Germany around 1777
and was a registered breed in the first German rabbit show held in Chemnitz,
Germany, in 1885. It was first bred for fiber length, but at the time of the
First World War the demand for warm Angora wool increased and the rabbit was
then bred for fiber density rather than just length.
German Angora rabbits were then bred aggressively for
density and size, and they reached what seems to be their natural limit of fiber
production with records of two kilograms plus of fiber per animal per annum.
One big problem of these super-dense coated and supersized animals was a
reduction in fertility, some rabbits becoming sterile, as they were pushed
beyond their limits for greate
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German Lop |
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Giant Angora |
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Giant Papillon |
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Giza White |
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Golden Glavcot |
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Gotland |
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Grey Pearl of Halle |
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Guzelcaml |
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Harlequin |
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Havana |
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Himalayan |
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Hulstlander |
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Hungarian Giant |
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Jersey Wooly |
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Kabyle |
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Lilac |
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Lionhead |
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Liptov Baldspotted |
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Meissner Lop |
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Mini Lion Lop |
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Miniature Lop (Holland Lop) |
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Netherland Dwarf |
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New Zealand |
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New Zealand Red |
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Orestad |
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Palomino |
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Pani |
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Pannon White |
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Perlfee |
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Plush Lop (Mini) |
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Plush Lop (Standard) |
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Pointed Beveren |
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Polish |
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Rex (Astrex) |
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Rex (Mini) |
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Rex (Opossum) |
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Rex (Standard) |
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Standard Rex Rabbits originated in France in 1919 as the
result of a recessive genetic mutation leading to guard hairs that do not
project longer than the undercoat of the fur. This results in a soft coat
having a velvety texture. (It is the guard hairs that give the length of coat
common to other breeds.)
Hey were first shown publicly at the Paris International
Rabbit Show in 1924 and was imported into the United States of America that
same year. It was soon recognized as a standard breed in parts of Europe, and
today the overseas following is large with many breeders.
Standard Rex Rabbits are bred mainly for its unique short
plush coat, which is approximately 13 millimeters in length, and has the feel
of velour fabr
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Rhinelander |
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Sachsengold |
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Sallander |
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San Juan |
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Satin |
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Satin (Mini) |
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Satin Angora |
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Siamese Sable |
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Siberian |
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Silver |
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Silver Fox |
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Silver Fox rabbits appeared around the 1920s in Great
Britain as a sport in a Standard Chinchilla litter. Breeding two sports
together produced a litter identical to their parents. This is how it all
started. Sports also appeared in litters in France and North America (where it
is called the Silver Martin) at about the same time.
At a commercial level, the Silver Fox is bred purely for the
fur market (rather than as a meat-producer), with all the value being placed on
the pelts with their glossy, dense, silky coat.
The striking feature of this breed, with its cobby body and
broad head, is the silver tipped guard hairs on the chest, flanks, feet and
rump. The higher the ticking continues up the sides the more be
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Silver Marten |
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Smoke Pearl |
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Spanish Giant |
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Squirrel |
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Sussex |
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Swiss Fox |
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Tadla |
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Tan |
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Teddywidder |
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Thrianta |
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Thuringer |
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Vienna |
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Zemmouri |
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