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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 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]
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]
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.
Crossbreeding can result in many other variations, such as gold tipped steel and chestnut agouti. They average 10–12 lb (4.5–5.4 kg) with the does being slightly larger than the bucks. New Zealands are bred for meat, pelts, show, and laboratory uses, being the most commonly used breed of rabbit both for testing and meat production.
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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