There are many different kinds of brown-haired rabbits and they don't all belong to the same genus. There are 11 genera in the Family Leporidae (this is the family that all hares and rabbits belong to), and most of the species in those genera are brown-haired.
All pet rabbits, regardless of breed or coat colour, belong to the same species: they are European Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the genus Oryctolagus.
Do you mean 'Pygmy' rabbit? If so then the scientific name is Brachylagus idahoensis. The genus being "Brachylagus".
Oryctolagus
It depends on the rabbit. The various genera that rabbits fall into are as follows:PentalagusBunolagusNesolagusRomerolagusBrachylagusSylvilagusOryctolagusPoelagus
The genus of Lepus Americanus (the Snow Shoe Hare) is Lepus. Americanus is the species.
Rabbits belong to the Animalia kingdom, the chordata phylum, and the vertebrata subphylum. Rabbits also belong to the pentalagus genus.
The scientific classification for the Rabbit is as follows: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae There are eight different Genera (plural of Genus) in the rabbit family and each is further categorized into a specific species: Genus 1: Pentalagus Species: Pentalagus Furnessi Genus 2: Bunolagus Species: Bunolagus Monticularis Genus 3: Nesolagus Species: Nesolagus Timminsi Species 2: Nesolagus Netscheri Genus 4: Romerolagus Species: Romerolagus Diazi Genus 5: Brachylagus Species: Brachylagus Idahoensis Genus 6: Sylvilagus Species: Lepus Sylvaticus (contains sixteen sub-species) Genus 7: Oryctolagus Species: Oryctolagus Cuniculus Genus 8: Poelagus Species: Poelagus Marjorita
There 8 genus of rabit the Family: Leporidae. Which you asked
The appearance most cottontail rabbits closely resemble the wild European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Most members of the genus have a stub tail with a white underside that shows when they are retreating, giving them their name "cottontails." However, this feature is not present in all cottontails (for example, the underside of the Brush Rabbit's tail is grey), nor is it unique to the genus (for example, the European Rabbit also has a white scut).
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, lagomorpha, leporidae, (Genus, Species)
Fact:They cannot have babies together because, even though a domestic rabbit can breed with a wild European rabbit, Cottontails are a different species altogether.(Please see the related question for more info.)
Besides the common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), the only other animal in the same family is the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis). The common hippo is the only species in the genus Hippopotamus.
The domestic rabbit: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Genus: Oryctolagus Species: Cuniculus (Orycytolagus cuniculus, or European rabbit) The Netherland Dwarf is just a breed of domestic rabbit and therefore does not have its own scientific binomial name.