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Agouti a/k/a Black Agouti, Chestnut Agouti, Wild Agouti; Dilute Black Agouti a/k/a Blue Agouti or Opal; Brown Agouti a/k/a Chocolate Agouti; Dilute Brown Agouti a/k/a Lilac Agouti or Lynx; Wide Band Color Group. Yellow a/k/a Red or Fawn; Chinchilla Color Group. Chinchilla; Dilute Black Chinchilla a/k/a Blue Chinchilla or Squirrel
Agouti is linked to the wideband gene, with about a 30% crossover rate. [33] Like white bellied agouti mice, rabbits with wildtype agouti produce transcripts with different untranslated 5' ends that have different dorsal and ventral expression. The 1A exon is only expressed in the belly region and may be responsible for the lighter color there. [3]
The breed originated in California, possibly from rabbits imported from New Zealand. New Zealand rabbits are available in five colors recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders' Association (ARBA): white, red, black, blue, and broken. Crossbreeding can result in many other variations, such as gold tipped steel and chestnut agouti.
Different breeds of rabbit at an exhibition in the Netherlands, 1952. As of 2017, there were at least 305 breeds of the domestic rabbit in 70 countries around the world raised for in the agricultural practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits as livestock for their value in meat, fur, wool, education, scientific research, entertainment and companionship in cuniculture. [1]
A rabbit court was a walled area lined with brick and cement, while a pit was similar, although less well-lined and more sunken. [2]: 347–350 Individual boxes or burrow-spaces could line the wall. Rabbits would be kept in a group in these pits or courts, and individuals collected when desired for eating or pelts.
The San Juan rabbit is a small rabbit that weighs 1.4 to 2.3 kg (3 to 5 lb). It comes in a brown, chestnut, and agouti color. It was created in Washington, United States, and was a mix of Eastern cottontails. It first appeared in the 1880s. The rabbit was created naturally on San Juan Island.
The Vienna rabbit can come in two varieties: a uniform white, or coloured. The coloured variety can be a dark slate blue, black or Agouti (a chestnut brown). It has ears approximately 13 centimetres (5.1 in) in length. [4] [5]
The agouti (/ ə ˈ ɡ uː t iː / ⓘ, ə-GOO-tee) or common agouti is many of several rodent species of the genus Dasyprocta. They are native to Central America , northern and central South America , and the southern Lesser Antilles .