Belgian Hare
The bunny rabbit is a medium-sized ( 3.5 to 4.5 kg) rabbit breed with its characteristic body shape.
Appearance and characteristics of the rabbit rabbit
The bunny rabbit shows a typical, deviating from the body shape of the remaining races physique. The body of the bunny rabbit is stretched thin and long. The legs are long and slender, the abdominal wound high. Rabbits rabbit show a typical high position. The head is slender, longer and more stretched than in the other rabbit breeds and sits on a high aufgerecktem, prominent neck. The original colors blow shows the typical hare color, a wild colored coat that is colored bright red-brown by the action of additional yellow amplifier. The corresponding hereditary formula is:
Recently, Hare rabbits were bred lohfarbig and monochrome black and white ( albino ).
History of breed
The bunny rabbit comes from Belgium and was, like the giant rabbit, bred by selection from country rabbits. After Joppich Belgian hares, rabbits were mentioned in the rich red coloring for the first time in 1860. The completion of today's typical body shape happened in Britain, where large quantities were exported for slaughter rabbits from Belgium in the 19th century (after Joppich 1870-1880 ). Joppich Wilkens cited that in 1874 the brothers Lunsh the first red-colored animals received from transportation Belgian slaughter rabbits in Grimsby. In 1890 it came to the so-called " Belgian Hare boom " in which a flourishing export of animals began in the U.S., where the rabbit rabbit was considered a particularly good economic race. After Germany, the import was performed by the Leipzig publishers ( especially small animal literature) Dr. Fritz Poppe the Animals 1900 in Leipzig showed for the first time. The breeding of the breed took a broad upswing; however, it was classified as a sport race after 1933 from Reichsfachaussschuss rabbit Reich Association of German small animal breeders and thus lost to dissemination. Today bunnies rabbits are regularly at exhibitions; the red-brown color shock is the most common.
Similar breeds
The body shape of Rabbit Rabbit is unique. The coat color of the original type can also be found at Deilenaar and colors as shock when other races. The red of the rabbit rabbit was transferred among others on the Red New Zealanders and the Lohkaninchen.