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Beautiful dutch-lop house rabbit called Munchy
Rabbit in Suffolk
Rabbit in Suffolk
Rabbit at Jimmys Farm, Suffolk
Rabbit at Jimmys Farm, Suffolk

Rabbits are herbivores that feed on mainly on grass, but rabbits also eat nuts and berries and often fruit and vegetables. Rabbits dig burrows into the ground where the rabbit hides and stores food, and also gives birth to and raises the baby rabbits.

Today, the rabbit is a popular pet particularly with young children due to the rabbits calm and quiet nature. Rabbits are natures lawnmowers and can eat grass all day long. It is vital that pet rabbits eat enough grass as the grass is not only good for them, but also helps to keep the teeth of the rabbit healthy. Rabbit teeth grow constantly and if the rabbit is not able to gnaw on things to keep them down, then their teeth can grow extremely long which causes pain and often death to the rabbit.

The average rabbit lives to about 8 years old when kept as a pet, but many wild rabbits do not live as long due to the fact that the rabbit is prey to many predators including cats, dogs and humans. Rabbits are also prone to myxomatosis, a disease that causes the rabbit to rapidly develop tumors which quickly results in death. Pet rabbits should be vaccinated against the disease every 6 months to a year which prevents the disease from becoming fatal should the rabbit catch it.

Rabbits are seen as pests by farmers and gardeners alike due to their destructive nature when they are around lush vegetation. In Australia, the myxomatosis virus was deliberately introduced as a form of pest control for the numerous rabbits that were inhabiting and eating their way through the plant life.

Today their are more than 50 different species of rabbit and the number continues to increase as the selective breeding of pet rabbits becomes more popular. The smallest species of domestic rabbit is the mini lop which weighs around 5 lbs, and the largest species of domestic rabbits is the flemish giant rabbit which weighs between 5 kg and 9kg and is the largest species of rabbit in the world.

Rabbits are often used as a symbol of fertility or rebirth, and have long been associated with spring and Easter as the Easter Bunny. Rabbits are well known for their quick and successful breeding with the average gestation period of the rabbit being just over a month, with the female rabbit then giving birth to an average of 6 babies.

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Rabbit Facts

Five groups that classify all living things...
A group of animals within the animal kingdom...
A group of animals within a pylum...
A group of animals within a class...
A group of animals within an order...
A group of animals within a family...
Scientific Name:
Comprised of the genus followed by the species...
Oryctolagus cuniculus
The animal group that the species belongs to...
What kind of foods the animal eats...
20-50cm (8-20in)
The measurement of how heavy the animal is...
0.5-3kg (1.1-6.6lbs)
Top Speed:
The fastest recorded speed of the animal...
4km/h (2.4mph)
Life Span:
How long the animal lives for...
4-8 years
Whether the animal is solitary or sociable...
Conservation Status:
The likelihood of the animal becoming extinct...
Least Concern
The colour of the animal's coat or markings...
Brown, Tan, Grey, Black, White
Skin Type:
The protective layer of the animal...
Favourite Food:Clover
The specific area where the animal lives...
Forest thickets, meadows and woodland
Average Litter Size:
The average number of babies born at once...
Main Prey:
The food that the animal gains energy from...
Clover, Grass, Crunchy vegetables
Other animals that hunt and eat the animal...
Fox, Snakes, Large Birds
Special Features:Long, pointed ears and acute sight, smell and taste

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