Rabbits are mammals of the family Leporidae, which can be found in many parts of the earth. Formerly, these animals are wild animals that live in Africa to the European mainland.
In its development, in 1912, rabbits are classified in the order Lagomorpha. Order was divided into two families, namely Ochtonidae (kind of a smart Pika whistle) and Leporidae (including types of rabbit and hare).
Types of rabbits
In general, the rabbits were divided into two types. First, rabbit free. Second, the pet rabbit. Included in the category of free rabbits are hare (Lepus curpaeums) and wild rabbits (Oryctolagus blotting).
Viewed from the type of fur, rabbit is composed of short-and long-haired types with a slightly yellowish color. When the cold season, this yellow color changed to gray.
According to his race, rabbits divided into several types, including Angora, Lyon, American Chinchilla, Dutch, Bahasa Indonesia Spot, Himalayan, and others. Special cross-Lyon is actually outside of the Angora type with other types, but among the breeders of ornamental rabbits called Angora Lyon or imitation.
In Indonesia there are many local rabbits, ie, type java rabbit (Lepus negricollis) and Sumatran kelici (Nesolagus netseherischlgel). Rabbit Java, it is estimated there are in the forests around the West Java region. Bronze feathers blackish brown color. The tail is orange with black tip. Java Rabbit adult weight can reach 4 kg. While the Sumatran rabbit, is the only rabbits indigenous to Indonesia. Habitat is the forests in the mountains of Sumatra Island. Its body length reaches 40 cm. Yellowish gray-brown fur color.