Rabbit breeds

 

American Breed
American

Weight: 9 - 12 pounds.
Body Type: Slate blue or white. This rabbit has well-rounded hindquarters, narrow shoulders, and long erect ears.
    Rabbit breed
    English Angora

Weight: 5 to 7 pounds.
Body Type: Thick wool covers the entire rabbit, including the face and the stand-up ears, giving in the appearance of a large fuzz-ball. They have been in many colors.
Special Care: These rabbits require special diets and extensive daily grooming.
    Rabbit breed
    Britannia petite

Weight: 2 - 2 1/2 pounds.
Body Type: These tiny, compact rabbits have relatively narrow heads and a trim, arched body line. Ears are medium long and erect. Colors include white, black, otter, chesnut, agouti (like a wild rabbit), and sable marten.
Special Care: Experienced rabbit breeders have claimed these rabbits have a tendency to be more hyper and nip more than other breeds and that they require especially careful handling because of the delicate arched body type.


    Rabbit breed
    Beveren

Weight: 8 - 12 pounds.
Body Type: Pear-shaped body, long erect ears, dense coat of black, blue, or white. 
    Rabbit breed
    Rex

Weight: 7 1/2 to 10 1/2 pounds.
Body Type: Medium-sized, well-rounded body with large erect ears. Coat is as with Mini Rex looking and feeling like plush velvet.


    Rabbit breed
    Mini Rex

Weight: 2 3/4 to 4 1/2 pounds.
Body Type: The mini Rex rabbits has a compact body with narrow shoulders; short, thick, upright ears, and a Rex coat. Rex coats have guard hairs which are fine, straight, and not longer than the under hairs, resulting in a plush coat that looks and feels somewhat like velvet. They have been bred in many colors.




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