identification of rabbit

1. GUIDED BY-
DR. HINA ASHRAF WAIZ
PRESENTED BY-
MANISHA DOOT
BATCH- B
ROLL NO-53
Ist year

2. TABLE OF CONTENT
 ZOOLOGICAL NAME
 IDENTIFICATION FEATURES
 OTHER IDENTIFICATION CLUES
 RABBIT BREED IDENTIFICATION
 BIBILOGRAPHY

3. ZOOLOGICAL NAME- ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS

4. IDENTIFICATION FEATURES
 Medium size mammal
 Large linear ears about the same length as the head
with brown tips.

5. IDENTIFICATION FEATURES-
 A very short tail which is dark brown on top and
white underneath
 Fur is of grey colour

6. IDENTIFICATION FEATURES( CONT..)
 Often seen disappearing down burrows.
 Rabbits are herbivorous eating grass, root,
vegetables and crops.
 They can be found in the wider countryside
anywhere they can burrow, especially
adjacent to food sources.
 They are normally nocturnal but will come out
in daylight if they are disturbed if they are
disturbed or on long summer days

7. OTHER IDENTIFICATION CLUES-
1. BURROWS-
Rabbits make their burrows in most substrates so long as
there is deep enough soft levels. Burrows often have
very short grass near them where the rabbit have
grazed the grass. They often have rabbit droppings near
them or in the entrance.

8. OTHER IDENTIFICATION CLUES-(CONT..)
2. DROPPINGS-
Being herbivorous, rabbits produce lots of droppings.
They are yellow, brown or green in colour and are small
and round almost perfectly sphere shaped about 10mm
in diameter. They are often found in piles occasionally
singularly. They small sweet.

9. RABBIT BREED IDENTIFICATION
We basically identify breed in 4 types-
 First type- FUR (It is long or short?)
 Second type- shape
 Third type – size
 Fourth type - colour

10. FIRST TYPE- FUR
 If it is over two inches in length, your rabbit has
wool.
 The bunnies that have wool are usually American
fuzzy loops or jersey woollies.
 Larger bunnies with longer wool are angoras.
 If rabbit have very short fur, just over a half inch in
length.
 Is it extremely soft to the touch, if so check out the-
rex breeds
 If rabbit has wool around its ears and normal length
fur on the body- Lionhead

11. SECOND TYPE- SHAPE
 Short, thick, round ears- Netherlands dwarf
 Long legs with a snaky body carried high in an
arch- English spot and fan.
 Very long but heavy body, with flat shoulders-
Flemish giant or another semi arch breed.

12. THIRD TYPE- SIZE
 If weights between 2 and 4 pounds at maturity, it is probably
dwarf breed of some type such as the polish, Holland, lop,
Netherlands dwarf, mini rex or Britannia petite.
 Himalayans are also around 4 pounds, though they are not
dwarfs.

13. THIRD TYPE- SIZE
 Breeds that weight 5 to 7 pounds include the Dutch,
mini lop and Havana.
 The next size up is the “commercial” type. This is a
large group that includes breeds weighing to 12
pounds, such as the New Zealand, satin ,Californian
and champagne d’ argent.
 Any rabbit over 12 pounds is considered a giant, giant
breed include the Flemish, giant chinchilla and
French lop.

14. FOURTH TYPE- COLOUR
 English spot breed- broken coloured.

15. BIBILOGRAPHY
 HANDBOOK ON CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF LABORTORY AND
PET ANIMALS- By Y.B. RAJESHWARI, K. SATYANARAYAN AND
S.B. PRASANNA
 A TEXTBOOK OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY –BY BANBRJEE
 http://www.derbyshiremammalgroup.com/id/description/ra
bbit_id.html
 http://rabbitbreeders.us/rabbit-breed-identification