Near ThreatenedEuropean Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
49 countries105 parks
Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 3 species of rabbit, in the family Leporidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 3.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 64 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It is the ancestor of every domestic rabbit breed in the world.
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It is an induced ovulator, releasing eggs only in direct response to mating.
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A female can produce up to 30 to 50 young a year in optimal conditions.
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It does not burrow: its young are born in a simple form lined with grass and the mother's fur, hidden in the vegetation, without the protection of a burrow.
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It is the only wild rabbit that reaches the Andean páramos above 3,000 metres, a cold and exposed environment no other American lagomorph occupies.
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Barely 15% of its young survive their first year.
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It can have as many as 5 or 6 litters a year.
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One female may mate with several different males in a season.
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