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In that era, large rabbits were valued for their commercial value. But in later years, big bunnies went out of style and people started pursuing dwarf breeds. In the 1970s, one breeder in East Germany and one in West Germany started working on a Dwarf Hotot, completely independent of one another. One crossed a Ruby-Eyed White Netherland Dwarf ...
Blanc de Hotot. First bred in Hotot-en-Auge, in the Normandy region of France, the blanc de Hotot can be traced back to the early 19th century. ... "Dwarf bunnies (in general) tend to be more ...
An adult Netherland Dwarf rabbit in Sable Point colour. The Netherland Dwarf breed was first produced in the Netherlands in the early 20th century. Small Polish rabbits were bred with smaller wild rabbits; [3] after several generations the resulting animal was a very small domestic rabbit available in a wide variety of colours and patterns.
Netherland Dwarf. These teeny-tiny rabbits are almost too cute for words. ... find a Blanc de Hotot rabbit, you can expect to have a very sweet and docile pet. These gentle bunnies tend to live ...
These delightful snow-white bunnies with a ring of black eyeliner, like fine spectacles, originated in Hotot-en-Auge in northern France. Their white guard hairs give them a frosty appearance.
Different breeds of rabbit at an exhibition in the Netherlands, 1952. As of 2017, there were at least 305 breeds of the domestic rabbit in 70 countries around the world raised for in the agricultural practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits as livestock for their value in meat, fur, wool, education, scientific research, entertainment and companionship in cuniculture. [1]
The Holland Lop is a breed of lop-eared rabbit that was recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) in 1979. The Holland Lop, with a maximum weight of 1.8 kg (4 lb) (as stipulated by ARBA), is one of the smallest lop-eared breeds.
The Netherland Dwarf is the smallest of the domestic rabbits. The American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) [3] [4] accepts a weight range of 1.1–3.5 kg (2.4–7.7 lb), but 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) is the maximum allowed by the British Rabbit Council (BRC). [5] The small stature of the Netherland Dwarf was initially the result of the dwarfing gene ...