| LC control no. | sh 85110203 |
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| LC classification | QL737.L32 Zoology SF451 SF455 Pets |
| Topical heading | Rabbits |
| Variant(s) | Domestic rabbit Rabbit, Domestic Rabbits as pets |
| See also | Domestic animals European rabbit |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on the domestic rabbit. Works on the family of hares and rabbits are entered under Leporidae. |
| Subject example tracing | Example under Small animal culture Note under Leporidae |
| Found in | Animal diversity Web, via WWW, Apr. 30, 2002 (Oryctolagus cuniculus, Domestic Rabbit; Oryctolagus cuniculus, the European, Old World, or Domestic rabbit, is the only species in its genus) Walker's Mammals of the World, 1999: v. 2, p. 1729 (Genus Oryctolagus. The single species, O. cuniculus, apparently was confined to the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France ... Through human agency wild populations now occur across much of Europe, in northwestern Africa, and in many other parts of the world. The species has also been extensively domesticated.) New encyc. of mammals, 2001: p. 703 (European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. All strains of domesticated rabbit derived from this species.) |
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