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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Lagomorpha > Rabbits

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Rabbits  

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  • Rabbit

Note

  • check tag: NIM no qualifiers; do not confuse entry term BELGIAN HARE with HARES

Scope note

  • A burrowing plant-eating mammal with hind limbs that are longer than its fore limbs. It belongs to the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, and in contrast to hares, possesses 22 instead of 24 pairs of chromosomes.

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