RABBIT

RABBIT

Rabbit is a mammal 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 mainland Europe. 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 whistling) and Leporidae (including types of rabbits and hares). [1]
Types of rabbits

In general, rabbits divided into two types. First, rabbit-free. Second, pet rabbit. Included in the category of free rabbits are hares (Lepus curpaeums) and the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). [1]

Viewed from the type of fur, rabbit is composed of type short and long haired with a slightly yellowish color. When winter, this yellow color turned to gray. [1]

According to his race, the rabbit was 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 decorative rabbit breeder called Lyon or Angora so shit. [2]

In Indonesia there are many local rabbit, which is kind of Javanese rabbit (Lepus negricollis) and kelici sumatera (Nesolagus netseherischlgel). Rabbit Java, estimated there were in the forests around the West Java region. Bronze color blackish brown fur. Orange tail with black tip. Java Rabbit adult weight can reach 4 kg. While rabbit sumatera, is the only native rabbit Indonesia [3]. Habitat is the forests in the mountains of Sumatra Island. Body length reaches 40 cm. Color yellowish brown gray fur. [1]

Know Your Rabbit Type Ornamental



Apparently a lot of benefits we can get to keep rabbits, which maintains a rabbit as a pet, there is the advantage to businesses by developing rabbit a rabbit breeding or raising rabbits, and some are using it as a producer of meat and rabbit skin.

So of the many benefits, but there are a few pieces of rabbit rabbit type dikatagorikan as decorative rabbit, rabbit type often used as decorative rabbit is:

* Rabbit ornamental type New Zealand White
* Ornamental type Angora Rabbit
* Rabbit ornamental species Bahasa Angora
* Bunny Jersey Wolly ornamental species
* Rabbit ornamental species Lyon
* Rabbit Dutch ornamental species
* Rabbit ornamental species Nederland
* Bunny Mini ornamental species Himalayan Nederland
* Bunny Mini ornamental species Drawft Hotot Nederland
* Ornamental type Rex Rabbit Carpet
* Bunny Holland Lop ornamental species
* Rabbit ornamental species Tan
* Rabbit Dwarf ornamental species Holland
* Rabbit ornamental species of Harlequin
* Rabbit ornamental species Bahasa Spot

If you already have a kind of ornamental rabbits, do not forget to care for your pet rabbit properly so that your rabbit healthy and free from diseases that are often experienced rabbit lovers other bunny rabbit.
Rabbit Biological Data

* Early life: 5 - 10 years
* Period of production: 1 - 3 years
* The bunting: 28-35 days (average 29 to 31 days)
* Early weaning: 6-8 weeks
* Adult Age: 4-10 months
* Age mated: 6-12 months
* Early marriage after the birth (calving interval): 1 week after the child is weaned. [Citation needed]
* Cycle Sex: Poliestrus in 5 times a year could be pregnant
* Cycle passion: Approximately 2 weeks
* Period of estrus: 11 - 15 days
* Ovulation: Happened on wedding day (9 - 13 hours later)
* Fertility: 1 - 2 hours after mating
* Number of birth: 4 - 10 tails (average 6 - 8)
* Volume of blood: 40 ml / kg body weight
* Weight of adult: It varies, depending on race, sex, and maintenance factors. [Citation needed]

Rabbit in Indonesia

From the historical record, the first rabbit was brought to Java by the people from the Netherlands in 1835. [1] At that time, the rabbit had become ornamental livestock. In Indonesia, a rabbit farm is divided into two beef farms and ornamental.