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	Swamp Rabbit Ecology
		Historical reports suggest the swamp rabbit once was widely distributed and fairly common in the floodplain forests of the rivers of southern Illinois, and once extended as far north as Calhoun county.
		Currently, swamp rabbits have a more restricted distribution in Illinois and are restricted to the extreme southern portion of the state and along the Mississippi River to St. Clair county.
		Swamp rabbits are crepuscular to nocturnal, being most active at dawn and dusk and during the night.
	www.geocities.com /sylvilagus4/ecology.html (1597 words)

	French rabbit wines - French wine in TetraPak containers - Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
		French rabbit wines and website are intended for consumers of legal drinking age.
		Please click on your country's flag to confirm that you are of legal drinking age and enter our website.
		French rabbit is a trademark of Boisset America, Sausalito, CA.
	www.frenchrabbit.com (55 words)

	ipedia.com: Rabbit Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Unlike the related hares (Lepus), rabbits are altricial, the young being born blind and furless, in a furlined nest in the warren, and totally dependent upon their mother.
		Rabbits are popular pets which are either confined to a cage, or allowed to roam free in their guardian's residence.
		Rabbits are often used as a symbol of fertility.
	www.ipedia.com /rabbit.html (2113 words)

	Rabbit (ecology) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rabbits are the most serious mammal pest in Australia, an invasive species being responsible for the extinction of about as many native animals as the fox, and causing millions of dollars worth of damage to agriculture each year.
		Myxomatosis was released into the rabbit population in 1950, causing estimated rabbit population to drop from 600 million to 100 million.
		The rabbits now have such a bad reputation in Australia that a recent campaign was launched to replace the Easter Bunny with the Easter Bilby (a type of native marsupial) Meat rabbit farming, also called cuniculture, is a minor industry.
	www.randomnugget.com /resource-Rabbit_(ecology).html (627 words)

	Rabbit \| The Humane Society of the United States
		Rabbits have excellent eyesight, hearing and smell. The position of the eyes allows rabbits to see on both sides, thereby increasing their ability to spot danger from more angles. Known as monocular vision, most prey animals have this visual arrangement, as opposed to predator species, which have binocular vision.
		Rabbits are famous for their prodigious ability to reproduce. With a gestation period of only 26-30 days, female rabbits may produce up to 6 litters in one year, and litter size averages between 4–5 kits.
		Rabbits have many natural enemies and face various dangers that keep their populations down. The rabbit’s predators include crows, weasels, opossums, hawks and owls, foxes, and snakes. In fact, up to 40% of a horned owl’s diet may consist of rabbits. Other substantial threats include loss of habitat, farming practices, diseases, cars, roaming cats and dogs, and hunters.
	www.hsus.org /animals_in_research/species_used_in_research/rabbit.html (1923 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Old World Rabbit
		The biggest difference between a rabbit and a hare is that the young of a hare are born open-eyed and furred.
		The domestic rabbit is one of several rabbit species that are known to re-ingest feces (coprophagy) to obtain extra nourishment from their food.
		When European rabbits were first exposed to the virus, the effect was devastating; in some areas the rabbit population was virtually wiped out.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/lagomorpha/old-world-rabbit.htm (559 words)

	Rabbits in Australia Summary
		Rabbits were originally introduced to Australia by the First Fleet in 1788, but the current major infestation appears to be the result of 24 wild rabbits released by Thomas Austin on his property "Barwon Downs" (near Winchelsea, Victoria) in 1859 for hunting purposes.
		Rabbits are extremely prolific creatures, and as Australia had no natural predators that could keep their population in check, rabbits spread rapidly across the southern parts of the continent.
		Shooting rabbits is reasonably common, and two main techniques are used: either twilight stalking with a rifle (usually using a.22 LR cartridge), or flushing them out of their burrows with water and shooting a running rabbit with a shotgun.
	www.bookrags.com /Rabbits_in_Australia (1533 words)

	Rabbit Mountain Guide
		Geologically Rabbit Mountain was formed by the erosion of an anticline produced by the formation of the Rocky Mountains 65 million years ago.
		Slippage along area faults has cause Rabbit Mountain to be about 3 miles East of the hogback ridge that it is derived from and in addition, it's orientation, with it's steepest side on the East and the gentlest slope on the west, is the opposite to orientation of the main foothill hogbacks.
		The ecology of Rabbit Mountain is primarily shrub growth and is characteristically dry and rocky.
	westerntreks.com /RabbitMountainGuide.htm (483 words)

	Rabbit ecology - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		Rabbits are the most serious mammal pest in Australia, an invasive_species being responsible for the extinction of about as many native animals as the fox, and causing millions of dollars worth of damage to agriculture each year.
		Myxomatosis was released into the rabbit population in 1950, causing estimated rabbit population to drop from 600 million to 100 million.
		Genetic resistance in the remaining rabbits led to the population recovering to around 200-300 million by 1991.
	www.erdmond.com /Rabbit_(ecology).html (474 words)

	KiteCD - Animals - mammals rabbit
		Rabbits and hares are both mammals that were once considered rodents because of their large incisors and habits of gnawing.
		Rabbits and hares are small furry animals ranging in size from 12-24' (30-60 cm) in length and weighing 2-11 pounds (1-5 kg.).
		Rabbit babies are born naked and blind while hares are born with fur and with vision.
	members.aol.com /KiteCD2/an_MRabbit.htm (1219 words)

	Rabbit Information
		Rabbits have been introduced as an exotic species into a number of environments, with baleful results to vegetation and local wildlife.
		Rabbits were introduced to Australia in 1859 by Thomas Austin an estate holder in Victoria.
		Domesticated Rabbits have mostly been bred to be much larger than wild rabbits, though selective breeding has produced a wide range of breeds which are kept as pets and food animals across the world.
	www.junglewalk.com /info/rabbit-information.htm (1017 words)

	European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) - fact sheet
		Feral rabbit control is complicated because of welfare and harvesting issues, and because both native and introduced predators feed on feral rabbits in many parts of Australia.
		Rabbits can strip off bark or even climb trees and shrubs to reach succulent leaves and twigs, especially in areas where no water is readily available.
		Feral rabbit control programs also need to be coordinated with other activities that may be taking place, including the on-ground protection of threatened plants and animals and control of other invasive species such as feral cats and foxes.
	www.environment.gov.au /biodiversity/invasive/publications/rabbit/index.html (1062 words)

	Harris Center Award Recipients
		Feeding ecology of Neotropical carnivores in Caatinga, a seasonal dry forest in the northeast of Brazil.
		Ecology and History as Determinants of Rarity in Birds in the neotropical Region.
		Ecology and history as determinants of rarity in birds: a case study with Drymophila and Hypocnemis (Formicariidae, Aves).
	www.umsl.edu /~biology/icte/award.html (2308 words)

	Nearctica - Family - Eating Nature - Rabbit
		Remove rabbit from liquid, strip meat from bones and place it in a single layer on a plate or tray.
		Saute the rabbit, in batches if necessary, in the skillet, setting the pieces aside as they are browned.
		Add the rabbit, rosemary, pepper, coarse salt, reserved pan drippings, and remaining 3 tablespoons oil to the roasting pan with the potatoes and garlic.
	www.nearctica.com /family/eatnat/animals/rabbit1.htm (2008 words)

	Facts about rabbit ecology
		Rabbits are extremely prolific, and had no true predators to keep numbers down, so they spread rapidly across the southern parts of the Australian continent.
		Rabbits reached the New South Wales border in 1870.
		To combat this trend, CSIRO scientists released rabbit calicivirus in 1996.
	www.supercrawler.com /Facts/rabbit__ecology_.html (471 words)

	Wild News 1 Pygmy Rabbit
		The WDFW science team determined that the best chance for saving the rabbits was to bring some of the few remaining animals into captivity to protect them and form a secure breeding population from which the animals could be reintroduced back into the wild when appropriate habitat was identified.
		Unlike Idaho pygmy rabbits, which were used by the Oregon Zoo to develop the initial techniques for captive breeding, Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits brought into captivity did not reproduce well and seem to be particularly susceptible to diseases naturally harbored by the animal.
		The founding captive population at WSU and elsewhere is not yet producing enough rabbits to build a large enough population to retain even the limited existing genetic diversity of the remaining Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits.
	www.campusecology.wsu.edu /page_044.htm (1214 words)

	Hare Chewing Cud Error
		Rabbits, for example, eat their own feces because that is part of their digestive process; they can't fully digest their fibrous vegetable diet with just one pass through their digestive system (amazing but true!).
		Rabbits are classed as Lagomorphs, a group whose distinguishing characteristics include paired incisor teeth in the upper jaw, feeding without the use of fore limbs and the habit of pseudo-rumination, which means swallowing their own droppings.
		Rabbits like to have nice clean, cages, but when they eat their droppings, they are just doing what rabbits do.
	www.edwardtbabinski.us /errancy/hare_chew_cud.html (13980 words)

	MAMMALS, INTRODUCED - European Rabbits - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		Rabbits had become a nuisance in Southland and Marlborough by 1869; by 1878 they were a pest in Central Otago, and by 1887 had infested most of South Canterbury.
		This spread of the rabbit was determined by (i) physiographic and vegetational barriers, such as mountain tops or forests; (ii) soil drainage – an interaction between rainfall and soil type; and (iii) the density of settlement and type of farming.
		Rabbit skins and rabbit meat have been articles of trade from the early 1870s to the end of the Second World War: an average of 13,335,000 skins and 1,818,000 carcasses, valued at £914,000, were exported each year during 1937–47, about 1·1 per cent of the total annual value of New Zealand exports.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/M/MammalsIntroduced/EuropeanRabbits/en (533 words)

	BULLETIN 6th June 97 - Ecology Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Garry's results may show what would happen if the entire rabbit population were to be wiped out by a highly contagious viral disease.
		The rabbit latrines put nutrients into the soil which help plants that wouldn't normally be able to flourish.
		It is hoped that the information will enable these organisations to preserve the downland's ecology in the event of a significant change in the rabbit population.
	www.sussex.ac.uk /press_office/bulletin/06jun97/item3.html (322 words)

	rabbit - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Rabbit : Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
		Phrases that include rabbit: rabbit ears, rock rabbit, swamp rabbit, wood rabbit, jack rabbit, more...
		Words similar to rabbit: coney, cony, lapin, hare, rabbiter, rabbiting, rabbity, brer, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=rabbit&ls=a (357 words)

	Rabbit Scientific classification ...
		"Rabbit" "Scientific classification" Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class:Mammalia Order:Lagomorpha Family:Leporidae Genus:"Oryctolagus" Species:"cuniculus" "Binomial name" "Oryctolagus cuniculus" "Rabbit" usually refers to the "European Rabbit", "Oryctolagus cuniculus", a native of southern Europe.
		Unless being bred for food, it is highly recommended that rabbits should be either spayed or neutered.
		Female rabbits in particular face about an 80% chance of contracting some form of reproductive cancer (ovarian, uterine or mammarian) at approximately two years of age.
	www.geodatabase.de /rabbit (1891 words)

	Ecology
		Because of the diverse approaches required to study organisms in their environment, ecology draws upon such fields as climatology, hydrology, oceanography, physics, chemistry, geology, and soil analysis.
		Although the field is a distinct scientific discipline, ecology does indeed contribute to the study and understanding of environmental problems.
		The term ecology was introduced by the German biologist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel in 1866; it is derived from the Greek oikos ("household"), sharing the same root word as economics.
	autocww.colorado.edu /~blackmon/E64ContentFiles/SustainableEnvironment/Ecology.html (2916 words)

	Pygme Rabbit Foraging
		Pygmy rabbits are a prey species to many animals such as coyotes and raptors, and they have a high risk of predation while they are foraging.
		Also, the pygmy rabbits are generally solitary animals and spend little time with their mothers as young, so they would have little opportunity to learn the central-place foraging behavior from another rabbit.
		For example, the pygmy rabbit may instinctively know to run when it sees a predator approaching, but may learn with time where optimal foraging places are, with sufficient amounts of cover.
	www.cnr.uidaho.edu /range556/Appl_BEHAVE/projects/pygme_rabbits.html (877 words)

	Nearctica - Biomes - Eastern Deciduous Forest - Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
		This rabbit is abundant everywhere in its range.
		The Marsh Rabbit is restricted to wetlands habitats in the southeastern coastal plain and Florida.
		The feet are rusty-brown (not white) and the rusty-brown patch behind the ears of the Eastern Cottontail is absent in the Swamp Rabbit.
	www.nearctica.com /biomes/edf/mammal/rabbit.htm (370 words)

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		The knowledge accumulated during the last decades on the biology and ecology of the Iberian lynx has generated several hypothesis on the main factors generating the pronounced decline of the species.
		Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) remains were found in 84%, duck (Anas spp.) remians in 11% and small mammal remains in 3% of the faeces.
		It is suggested that Lynx and Rabbit in Europe may have evolved an ecological relationship similar to that between L.
	lynx.uio.no /lynx/ibelynxco/04_library/4_3_publications/R/publications-r.htm (2132 words)

	Kerinci Seblat National Park: Flora & Fauna (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The species was believed to be monotypic (only one species in the genus) until very recently when a similar rabbit was discovered in the rainforests along the Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam.
		Despite being a member of the Lagomorphs (rabbit family), the Sumatran rabbit exhibits some very unrabbit-like behaviour, being rare, shy and slow-moving.
		The first ever photographs of the Sumatran rabbit in the wild were made in November 1997 by an automatic camera set in the forest around Danau Tujuh.
	www.kerinci.org /ff12.html (180 words)

	WDFW - Fish & Wildlife Science
		The pygmy rabbit is found in many locations throughout the Great Basin region of the western United States, but the Washington population is geographically isolated from the rest of the species range, and is genetically distinct.
		Mortality is expected to be high among the released rabbits, as it is in wild populations, but the goal of the rearing effort is to produce enough rabbits to compensate for the loss.
		One of the rabbit populations that was lost was due to fire at Coyote Canyon in 1999.
	wdfw.wa.gov /science/articles/pygmy_rabbit/index.html (2336 words)

	God's Other Creatures - Rabbit - An All Creatures Photo Gallery - creation, earth, environment, ecology, plants, trees, ...
		(Rabbit - 01) We spotted this rabbit while we were taking one of our walks, and he or she was kind enough to allow us to take a few pictures.
		(Rabbit - 06) Every time we have a close encounter with one of God's other creatures, as we had with this rabbit, it reminds us of how wrong it is to kill an animal for pleasure, and how right it is to enjoy each other's company in peace.
		(Rabbit - 13) Then the rabbit took a few hops and stopped to allow us to get quite close in order to take this photo, for which we thanked him or her.
	www.all-creatures.org /picc/rabbit.html (694 words)

	Rabbits leave contractors hopping mad - 09/08/2006 - Contract Journal
		The growth in rabbit populations is hindering the construction, engineering and agricultural sectors, according to research group the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA).
		As a result, CIRIA has launched a new guide to rabbit management (C645) on how to manage rabbits should conflicts arise between rabbit activities and their interests.
		This includes advice on how to ascertain the need for management and which control methods may be appropriate, as well as information on rabbit ecology and biodiversity, rabbit diseases and relevant legislation.
	www.contractjournal.com /Articles/2006/08/09/51872/rabbits-leave-contractors-hopping-mad.html (171 words)

	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE COLUMBIA BASIN PYGMY RABBIT DPS LISTING
		The population segment of pygmy rabbits in central Washington is believed to have been physically separated from the remainder of the species' range for the past 7,000 to 10,000 years.
		Sixteen pygmy rabbits were captured from this population as an initial source for captive breeding efforts, and these animals adjusted well to the rearing facilities.
		In general appearance, they may be confused with cottontail rabbits, however, pygmy rabbits have very small tails that lack any white fur, and their tails are nearly unnoticeable in the wild.
	www.fws.gov /pacific/news/2003/25/faq.htm (1335 words)

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