| SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION |
| COMMON NAME: | |
| KINGDOM: | Animalia |
| PHYLUM: | Chordata |
| CLASS: | Mammalia |
| ORDER: | Lagomorpha |
| FAMILY: | Leporidae |
| GENUS SPECIES: | Oryctolagus (digging hare) cuniculus (rabbit, or underground passage) |
| FAST FACTS |
| DESCRIPTION: | Coat is generally grayish, with black and brown (and sometimes red) sprinkled throughout; underside of the body is pale gray; underside of the tail is white; smaller ears and shorter, less powerful legs than their relatives, the hare's. |
| SIZE: | 38-50 cm (15.2-20 in.) long |
| WEIGHT: | 1.5-2.5 kg (3.3-5.5 lbs.) |
| DIET: | Herbivore, eating a diverse diet of grasses, leaves, buds, tree bark, and roots |
| GESTATION: | 30 days, 5-6 young (kittens) |
| SEXUAL MATURITY: | 8 months |
| LIFE SPAN: | Approximately 9 years |
| RANGE: | On every continent except Asia and |
| HABITAT: | Dry areas near sea level with soft, sandy soil for easy burrowing; fields for cover, but also forests; cultivated land was once well-suited, but this is no longer the case because plowing destroys rabbit burrows. |
| POPULATION: | GLOBAL | Unknown |
| STATUS: | IUCN | Not listed |
| CITES | Not listed | |
| USFWS | Not listed |
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