This page is a run on the lawn. Move your pointer and your pet will hop or scurry after you. Choose a different one at the bottom, and tap the notes to open them.
The pattern is always the same: coloured ears, cheeks and back half, with a white blaze, collar and front.
It has been bred since the 1830s and was once the most popular pet rabbit in the world.
The coloured parts can also be blue, chocolate, grey or tortoiseshell.
A rabbit's eyes are on the sides of its head. It can see almost all the way round without moving.
Its teeth grow about two millimetres a week and are worn down by chewing hay.
It produces soft droppings at night and eats them again, to get all the goodness out.
The run
Move your pointer into the run and wait for your pet to arrive.
Meet them all
Rabbit · despite the name, bred in England
A neat, compact rabbit, black behind and white in front, with a white blaze down its face and upright black ears.
Rabbit · lop-eared breeds began in England
A rounded, sandy-brown rabbit with a broad head and ears that hang straight down beside its face.
Rabbit · from Belgium
A small rabbit with short upright ears and a mane of long, woolly fur all round its head.
Tamed from the European polecat
A long, low, bendy animal with a cream face, a dark mask across its eyes, dark legs and a bushy tail.
A cross of two African hedgehogs
A small hedgehog with white-tipped spines, a pale face and belly, a pointed snout and beady eyes.
Rodent · from Chile
A brown rodent rather like a large gerbil, with rounded ears, a pale ring round each eye and a long tail with a black tuft.
Good to know
A rabbit should eat a pile of hay as big as itself every day. Carrots are a treat, not a meal.
Rabbits need another rabbit. A neutered male and female make the best pair.
The advice is a living space at least three metres by two, tall enough to stand up in.
A happy rabbit leaps into the air and twists. It is called a binky.
Rabbits are prey animals and most dislike being picked up. Sit on the floor and let them come to you.
A well-kept rabbit lives eight to twelve years.
Small pets: 1 more group
Real photos of the pets on this page. Tap one to see it bigger.
Photos are from Wikimedia Commons and are used under free licences. They have been resized, and cropped where they appear in link previews. Open a photo to see who took it.
A rabbit in a small hutch at the end of the garden is one of the most neglected pets in Britain. Given space and company, it is one of the most rewarding.
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