Domestic Animals
Chris Isidore
| 18-04-2024
· Animal Team
Many people keep rabbits at home as pets. There are actually many types of rabbits. According to different types of rabbits, the body size is also very different, and rabbits also have long hair, short hair, as well as erect ears and lop ears.
1. Lion Rabbit
It is a pet rabbit with a standard weight of 3.25-4 pounds. It is one of the small rabbits. They originate from Belgium and are a European variety. They are very similar to lop-eared rabbits. They have round faces and round bodies and flat noses, but they have longer front feet and have hair around their necks (the "V" around the neck), which makes them look like Like a lion, the ears are erect and triangular, and there is no hair.
2. Dutch Rabbit
The pet rabbit, with a standard weight of 3.5-5.5 pounds, is the petite breed of medium-sized rabbits. They originated from the Netherlands and are one of the oldest breeds. They were discovered as early as the fifteenth century. Now there are about a dozen colors of Dutch rabbits, including black, blue, grayish brown, chocolate, iron gray and so on. Their coat color distribution is very unique. The face has an inverted V-shaped white coat that extends all the way to the front half of the body. The color demarcation between the front and back half of the body is also very clear, while the feet are white, and the hind feet are white. The demarcation from the back half of the body is also very clear, and they are all round and erect, while the hair is short, smooth and shiny.
3. Himalayan Rabbit
It is a pet rabbit with a standard weight of 2.5-4.5 pounds. It is one of the small rabbits. They are both older breeds, said to have originated in the Himalayas, where they are common rabbits. Their bodies are long, their heads are also long and narrow, and their colors are quite special, with black ears, feet and nose.
4. Willante Rabbit
It is a pet rabbit with a standard weight of 6.5-10 pounds and is one of the medium-sized rabbits. They originated in Germany and were one of the original tricolor rabbits. The body is cylindrical and has an agile appearance, with spots on both sides of the body, a long black line on the spine, and black hair around the eyes and nose.