Domestic rabbit
Amazing fact
Domestic rabbits release body heat through their long ears to regulate their temperature.
桐生が岡動物園
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Domestic rabbits release body heat through their long ears to regulate their temperature.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Domestic rabbit
- Scientific name
- Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus
- Japanese name
- カイウサギ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Lagomorpha
- Family
- Leporidae
- Genus
- Oryctolagus
The domestic rabbit is a domesticated animal that people bred from the wild European rabbit.
It is a domestic animal that people bred from the wild European rabbit for meat, for its fur and as a pet.
It makes burrows underground and gives birth to hairless, undeveloped babies, unlike wild hares, whose babies are born with a full coat of fur.
It eats grass, bark and other plant parts, and it eats some of its own droppings to get extra nourishment from its food.
How the Domestic rabbit lives
It also eats fruit. They can breed throughout the year.
桐生が岡動物園Basic data
- Size
- Head and body length: 30–50 cm
- Diet
- Grass
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- カイウサギ
- 简体中文
- 家兔
- 繁體中文
- 家兔
- 한국어
- 집토끼
- Español
- Conejo doméstico
- Français
- Lapin domestique
- Deutsch
- Hauskaninchen
- Português (Brasil)
- Coelho-doméstico
- Italiano
- Coniglio domestico
- العربية
- أرنب محلي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kelinci domestik
- Tiếng Việt
- Thỏ nhà
- Русский
- Домашний кролик
- Türkçe
- Evcil tavşan
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 上野動物園 — カイウサギChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Oryctolagus cuniculusChecked: 2026-11-03
- 桐生が岡動物園 — カイウサギChecked: 2026-11-05
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Domestic rabbit, look for this
- Look for the way it hops using its hind legs.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
桐生が岡動物園EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Domestic rabbit
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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