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Elephant's ancestor 'not much bigger than a rabbit'

A 60 million-year-old skull dug up in Morocco has been identified as the earliest form of what is now the earth's largest land mammal. This creature was trunkless, measured less than 2ft (50 cm) from tip to tail and weighed just 9 to 11lbs [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Pygmy rabbit

The Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) is the smallest rabbit species in North America and can easily fit inside one's hand palm. The pygmy rabbit is only one of two rabbits in America which diggs its own burrows and does it extensivel [...]

Posted On : Sep, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Bilby or Rabbit-Eared Bandicoot

The bilby (also known as the rabbit-eared bandicoot) is a rabbit-like marsupial. It lives in deserts, dry forests, dry grasslands, and dry shrubby areas in Australia. The bilby's pouch faces backwards. These big-eared, burrowing mammals are [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

Rabbit

Despite finding them in almost every corner of the UK, often in very large numbers, rabbits aren't native to Great Britain and were actually introduced about 900 years ago from France. Rabbits were intially bred for their fur and because [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2007 | Comments : 0

Why are rabbits' ears long?

The long ears give rabbits extra sharp hearing. And they need to hear well. Rabbits are weak animas. If an enemy comes near they must hide or run away at once. Their big ears help them hear even the softest sound of footsteps. Another reas [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2007 | Comments : 0

Alaska Rabbit

Alaska Rabbits are reputed to have strong personalities and will amuse you for hours with their antics. Growing to be six to eight pounds, the Alaska Rabbit has a very stocky body type. The Alaska Rabbit, a thickset, short rabbit, was bred [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Photos of Rare Rabbit Species Obtained

INDONESIA , Jakarta (UPI) – The researchers of Wildlife Conservation Society in Asia have taken the photos of one of the world's rarest rabbits -- the Sumatran striped rabbit. The images of Sumatran rabbits were captured by a camera t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2007 | Comments : 0

US Wildlife Officials Release 20 Pigmy Rabbits Born in Capti...

WASHINGTON – Ephrata: officials of the Wildlife announced here the release of 20 Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits that were raised in captivity to a sagebrush-covered area of central Washington state where their ancestors had lived [...]