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Rabbit
Rabbits
are small
mammals
in the
family
Leporidae
of the order
Lagomorpha
, found in several parts of the world. There are eight different
genera
in the family
classified
as rabbits, including the
European rabbit
(
Oryctolagus cuniculus
),
cottontail rabbits
(genus
Sylvilagus
; 13
species
), and the
Amami rabbit
(
Pentalagus furnessi
, an
endangered species
on
Amami Oshima
,
Japan
). There are many other species of rabbit, and these, along with
pikas
and
hares
, make up the
order
Lagomorpha. The male is called a
buck
and the female is a
doe
; a young rabbit is a
kitten
or
kit
.
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