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The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), also known as the cane-cutter, swamper, or cane jake, is a large cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States. The species is herbivorous, territorial, and nocturnal. When threatened, it will take to the water and swim.
The Florida marsh rabbit (S. p. paludicola), occupies the peninsular region of Florida, from south of the Florida Panhandle to the upper Keys. There is a region north of Miami along the east coast where this subspecies is not found. The endangered Lower Keys marsh rabbit (S. p. hefneri), is only found in the southern Florida Keys. [8]
The Flemish Giant originated in Flanders.It was bred as early as the 16th century near the city of Ghent, Belgium.It is believed to have descended from a number of meat and fur breeds, possibly including the Steenkonijn ("Stone Rabbit"—referring to the old Belgian weight size of one stone or about 3.8 kilograms (8.4 lb)) and the European "Patagonian" breed (now extinct).
Cottontail rabbits typically only use their nose to move and adjust the position of the food that it places directly in front of its front paws on the ground. The cottontail will turn the food with its nose to find the cleanest part of the vegetation (free of sand and inedible parts) to begin its meal.
Unlike the erect ear of the majority of domestic rabbit breeds, lop breeds have ears loosely drooping, with the opening of the ear facing the skull. Due to the slightly-raised cartilaginous ear base, the head of many lop rabbits (with the exception of English Lops ) has a small bulge, referred to as the crown .
The European rabbit was introduced and established a self-sustaining population in 1971 after a group of school children released 8 rabbits on the island. [90] [91] The European rabbit has been introduced as an exotic species into several environments, often with harmful results to vegetation and local wildlife, making it an invasive species.
The generic name Pentalagus, as described by Marcus Ward Lyon Jr., refers to the presence of five molars on each side of the Amami rabbit's teeth, differing from each other extant then-known rabbit genera in that it lacks a third upper molar. [8] The specific name furnessi refers to the original discoverer of the Amami rabbit, William Henry ...
A chordate (/ ˈ k ɔːr d eɪ t / KOR-dayt) is a bilaterian animal belonging to the phylum Chordata (/ k ɔːr ˈ d eɪ t ə / kor-DAY-tə).All chordates possess, at some point during their larval or adult stages, five distinctive physical characteristics (synapomorphies) that distinguish them from other taxa.