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The word rabbit derives from the Middle English rabet ("young of the coney"), a borrowing from the Walloon robète, which was a diminutive of the French or Middle Dutch robbe ("rabbit"), a term of unknown origin. [1] The term coney is a term for an adult rabbit used until the 18th century; rabbit once referred only to the young animals. [2]
The Venezuelan lowland rabbit (Sylvilagus varynaensis), also known as the Barinas wild rabbit, is a cottontail rabbit species found in western Venezuela. [ 2 ] Diet
3. A rabbit’s ears are brilliant multitaskers. A bunny’s ears aren’t just there to look cute. Not only do rabbits have an impeccable sense of hearing (they can hear sounds up to two miles ...
The riverine rabbit's scientific name is Bunolagus monticularis. [6] Some common names referring to it are the bushman hare and the bushman rabbit. [7] This rabbit also has less common names such as boshaas and vleihaas. These names arose from the habitats they lived in and are based on how these were moist and dense. [8]
The Sumatran striped rabbit weighs 1.5 kg and is between 368 and 417 mm in total length, with a tail 17 mm long, skull length of 67–74 mm, hind foot length of 67–87 mm, and ear length of 34–45 mm. [3] It has black or dark brown stripes on a yellowish grey background that becomes rusty brown towards the rump; the fur on the underparts, on the inside of the legs and below the chin is whitish.
Like all hares and rabbits, it is a member of the family Leporidae of order Lagomorpha. It is a solitary individual except where several males court a female in the breeding season. Litters of four to five young are born in a form, a shallow depression in the ground, hidden among vegetation.
Rabbits need their enclosure thoroughly cleaned once or twice a week to keep their living space sanitary and odor-free. However, droppings and dirty litter need to be removed on a daily basis.
The Bunyoro rabbit has a head and body length of about 440 to 500 millimetres (17 to 20 in) and a weight of 2 to 3 kilograms (4.4 to 6.6 lb). Both the hind legs and ears are shorter than in other African species, and the coat is coarser. The general body color is greyish-brown and the tail is yellowish above and white beneath. [4]