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In the United Kingdom, rabbit was a popular food source for the poorer classes. Among wild rabbits, those native to Spain were reputed to have the highest meat quality, followed by those in the Ardennes. As rabbits hold very little fat, they were hardly ever roasted, being instead boiled, fried, or stewed. [131]
Rabbits, members of the Leporidae family (excluding Lepus (hares)) are generally much smaller than hares and include the rock hares and the hispid hare. They are native to Europe, parts of Africa, Central and Southern Asia, North America and much of South America. They inhabit both grassland and arid regions.
That means that to be native the species must have reached Britain before the land bridge joining Britain to the continent was submerged. Alternatively, species can also be native when they have flown or swum to Britain, as is the case with many bird species which arrived after the submersion of the land bridge, a recent example of which is the ...
Rabbit meat was once a common commodity in Sydney, with European rabbits having been introduced intentionally to Australia for hunting purposes, [164] but declined after the myxomatosis virus was intentionally introduced to control the exploding population of feral rabbits in the area. [165] In the United Kingdom, fresh rabbits are sold in ...
Native (usually synonymous with "indigenous") species are considered to be species which are today present in the region in question, and have been continuously present in that region since a certain period of time. When applied to Great Britain, three possible definitions of this time constraint are:
The rex is known as the king of rabbits, with its prize asset its short, dense, velvety fur. It comes in 16 color varieties, with castor (a rich brown) the first and amber the newest.
Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the collective range of species in that genera is provided. Ranges are based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species unless otherwise noted.
Rabbit breeds originating in the United Kingdom (1 C) Rabbit breeds originating in the United States (16 P)