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HomeRabbits, also known as
bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family
Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order
Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). Oryctolagus
cuniculus includes the European rabbit species and its
descendants, the world's 305 breeds[1] of domestic rabbit.
Sylvilagus includes 13 wild rabbit species, among them the
seven types of cottontail. The European rabbit, which has
been introduced on every continent except Antarctica, is
familiar throughout the world as a wild prey animal and as
a domesticated form of livestock and pet. With its
widespread effect on ecologies and cultures, the rabbit
is, in many areas of the world, a part of daily lifeāas
food, clothing, a companion, and a source of artistic
inspiration. Although once
considered rodents, lagomorphs like rabbits have been
discovered to have diverged separately and earlier than
their rodent cousins and have a number of traits rodents
lack, like two extra incisors. |
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