RABBIT

          

                Rabbits are small mammals with fluffy, shorttails, whiskers and distinctive long ears. While many people think rabbits are about the size of a cat, some rabbit species. can grow to be as big as a small child. They eat vegetabels like carrots and lettuce.

  

              Small rabbit species can be as little as 8 inches(20 centimeters) in length and weigh less than a pound. Larger rabbits grow to 20 inches (50 cm) and more than 4 pounds(1.8 kilograms). The world's largest rabbit clocked in at 4 feet 3 inches (129.54 cm) 

and 49 pounds (22 kg).

              These mammals are known for their insatiable reproductive habits for good reason. They breed three to four times each year, This is because only 15 percent of baby rabbits make it to their first birthday.

               While originally from Europe and Africa, rabbits now call many places home. Wild rabbits can be found in woods, forests, meadows, grasslands, deserts, tundra and wetlands.

·         Kingdom: Animalia

·         Phylum: Chordata

·         Subphylum: Vertebrata

·         Class: Mammalia

·         Order: Lagomorpha

·         Family: Leporidae

·         Genera: Brachylagus, Pentalagus, Bunolagus, Nesolagus, Romerolagus, Oryctolagus, Sylvilagus, Poelagus

·         Species: There are more than 50 species of rabbits. The domestic rabbit is Oryctolagus cuniculus.

QUESTIONS

1. How many rabbit species are there?

   a. over 60

   b. less than 50

   c. over 50

   d. less than 60

2. what is the class of the rabbit?

   a. mammals

   b. amphibi

   c. aves

   d. reptilia

3. where does the rabbit originally came from?

   a. europe

   b. indonesia

   c. brazil

   d. america

4. what does rabbit eat?

   a. vegetables

   b. meat

   c. iron

   d. wood

5. where can we find wild rabbits?

   a. meadows

   b. ocean

   c. cave

   d. sky