Californian rabbit
The Californian is a medium sized rabbit breed.
Appearance of Kalifornierkaninchens
The Kalifornierkaninchen was bred as an economic rabbit, in which the appearance was secondary. It is similar in type to the blocky torso, relatively short fleshy ears and powerful limbs of the White Neuseeländerkaninchen, which was also used in the breeding out of the race. Color corresponds to the Californians the Russians rabbit that was also involved in the development of the Californian. Accordingly, the Californian has a pure white fur, red eyes and colored ears, legs, mustache game (mask) and flower. The Kalifornierkaninchen is recognized in the coat colors black, blue and brown. The original black color shock is the most common. The corresponding Erbformeln are:
- Black: anBCDg ( German symbolism ) or aBchDE ( English symbolism )
- Havana colored (brown): anBcDG ( German symbolism ) or aBchdE ( English symbolism )
- Blue: anBCdg ( German symbolism ) or abchDE ( English symbolism )
The drawing is determined by the Russian factor, so the animals are born pure white and show the phenomenon of Kälteschwärzung. Due to the more compact form show Californians usually a verwaschenere drawing as Russians rabbits. The Kalifornierkaninchen to a weight of 4 - have 5 kg; Animals with less than 3.5 and more than 5 kg are excluded on racial rabbit exhibitions of the assessment.
History of Kalifornierkaninchens
The Kalifornierkaninchen is named after its country of origin, the U.S. state of California, where it was bred from Russians rabbit, white New Zealanders and large chinchilla rabbits in the twenties of the 20th century. As a breeder George S. West will specify. The aim of the breed was a typical farmed with good meat content, fine bone structure, rapid growth and a thick, white fur as possible. The United chinchilla rabbits was crossed to reach the aspired dense and soft fur. 1928 to have been achieved with a rabbit equal to the Russians end up drawing and a weight of about 4 kg, the first animals. Since 1939 the breed was recognized in the United States, 1947, the importation into the United Kingdom and the mid-60s on the European mainland. Since 1968 the race in Germany is recognized in the Netherlands since 1966.
Californians today
Californians are a relatively rare breed rabbits. Presumably, by the greater weight and more compact form, the typical drawing is clearly unclean than the Russians rabbits. Good colored Kalifornierkaninchen usually do not show the required type and have difficulty achieving the full weight and vice versa.
Similar breeds
The Russians of German rabbit breed rabbits standards is significantly smaller (weight approximately 2.25 kg) and slimmer than the Kalifornierkaninchen.
The European standard knows a Great Russians rabbits, with the same weight requirement, which affects overall slimmer and type corresponds to the Russians rabbits.
In the " Bewertungsbestimungen for breed rabbits in socialist countries " that were also in the GDR from 1980 to the reunification, the Nitraner rabbit was recognized, a Czech breeding, a medium sized rabbit with blue badges, which is still cultivated in the Czech Republic.
As a new Slovak breed the Zobor rabbit was recognized in 2004. This rabbit corresponds in shape and type of the Californians, but shows only the Russians badge to ear, flower and lots of the hind legs, ie In contrast to the Californians, it has no mask and white front legs. With an ideal weight 4.25 to 5.25 kg ( Slovak default), it is slightly larger than the Californians. The breed originated from crosses of Nitraner rabbit with white New Zealanders, The drawing is by combining the Russians factor ( Agro Melanie ) concluded with the Holländerscheckung which, covered by the albinism must have been present in the white New Zealanders used the crossing. The Kälteschwärzung in young animals leads to the Zoborkaninchen a hint in the form of Dutch drawings. The Zoborkaninchen is approved in Slovakia in the colors black, havanna colored and blue.
Rabbit on the type and color of the Californian bred for meat production worldwide, without attention to is that special breed characteristics.