European Rabbit
The European rabbit is a smallish, grey-brown (or sometimes black) mammal, although it ranks as medium-sized by lagomorph standards. The European rabbit scientific classification is animalia, chordata, mammalia, lagomorpha, leporidae, and Oryctolagus. Mostly European rabbits are grayish brown in color and their undersides are pale color. Some white colored of the species are also found. European rabbbit has long, upright, straight ears. It is a furry animal. Eyes of European rabbits are set high on head, as in all rabbits, it helps them to detect food and danger from distance. European rabbit is a quadrupen animal, thus with four limbs and they use all the four locomotion. European rabbits are usually 13.15 inches to 20 inches in length. Tails of the European rabbits are 4 cm to 8cm long generally. European rabbits usually weight between 1kg to 2.25kg.
Female European rabbits are a little smaller in size and weigh less than the male European rabbits. This species of rabbits family is the most commonly domesticated species. This species is herbivorous. They survive on plants and weeds only. European rabbits are extremely social animals and thus they live in huge communities. When the European rabbits sense danger they thump their feet of the back on the ground to alarm others of the community before escaping the danger ground. European rabbits breed till the age of 6 years of age.
The European rabbits breed from the month of May to November. The female European rabbits reproduce the off-springs after 30 days of conceiving them. Therefore, the mating season of the European rabbits stretch from the month of July to October. This species of rabbit mate most of all during the first half of the year.
source ;
- wikipedia
- http://www.animalspot.net/european-rabbit.html
- http://hopperhomebunnyblog.blogspot.co.id/2012/03/european-rabbit-featured-on-msncs.html
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