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What are some species of rabbits?

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These are just a few of the breeds: New Zealand White Argente Brun New Zealand Blue Polish Magpie Rex Netherland Dwarf White German White Lop Cashmere Lop Seal Point Blue Angoras Gold Angoras Dutch Himalayan Californian Chinchilla Rex Orange Rex Rex Dalmation Rex Tortoiseshell Rex English Answer:http://exoticpets.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=exoticpets&cdn=homegarden&tm=43&gps=547_1160_1276_631&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.arba.net/Breeds.htm Thats a lsit of arba accepted rabbits only. There are many other breeds; lionhead, continental giant, harlequin, etc

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European Rabbit African Savanna Hare Alaskan Hare Tundra Hare, Beringian Hare Amami Rabbit Antelope Jackrabbit Arctic Hare Black Jackrabbit Black-tailed Jackrabbit Broom Hare Brush Rabbit Bunyoro Rabbit Burmese Hare Brown Hare Chinese Hare Corsican Hare Desert Cottontail Audubon's Cottontail Dice's Cottontail Eastern Cottontail Ethiopean Hare Abyssinian Hare Ethiopean Highland Hare European Hare Granada Hare Hainan Hare Hispid Hare Indian Hare Jameson's Red Rock Hare Japanese Hare Korean Hare Marsh Rabbit Mexican Cottontail Mountain Cottontail Mountain Hare Natal Red Rock Hare New England Cottontail Wood Rabbit Omilteme Cottontail Pygmy Rabbit Riverine Rabbit San Jose Brush Rabbit Scrub Hare Smith's Red Rock Hare Sumatra Short Eared Rabbit Snowshoe Hare Swamp Rabbit Water Rabbit Tapeti Tehuantepec Jackrabbit Tolai Hare Tres Marias Cottontail Volcano Rabbit White-sided Jackrabbit White-tailed Jackrabbit Woolly Hare Yarkand Hare Yunnan Hare .
There are 48 breeds of domestic rabbit classified by ARBA. (The American Rabbit Breeders Association)

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There are more than one species of rabbit in the world. Rabbits are lagomorphs, in the same group as hares and pikas, and more closely related to horses then rodents. Rabbits and hares belong to the Leporid family. Hares belong to the genus Lepus. There are eight different rabbit genera:

  • Order: Lagomorpha
  • Family: Leporidae
  • Genera: Pentalagus, Bunolagus, Nesolagus, Romerolagus, Brachylagus, Sylvilagus, Oryctolagus, Poelagus
  • Species: Amami Rabbit, Bushman Rabbit, Striped Rabbits (2 species: Sumatran & Annamite), Volcano Rabbit, Pygmy Rabbit, Forest Rabbit, Brush Rabbit, Swamp Rabbit, Marsh Rabbit, Cottontails (8 species: Dice's, Eastern, New England, Mountain, Desert, Omilteme, Mexican, Tres Marias), European Rabbit, Central African Rabbit

Pet rabbits are the species European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). There are many different breeds in this species: some examples are Dwarf hotot, elfin, and american blue.

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there are 47 rabbit breeds

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