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23-06-2005, 03:00 AM
Angrie.Woman
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Priscilla Ballou wrote:
I don't think this was a hutch-kept rabbit but rather a house pet. It
may be operating on instincts alone right now. There are wild rabbits
somewhere around these parts, so I hope this one has been neutered,
particularly if it's female.
Domesticated rabbits are a Eurasian species, Oryctolagus cuniculus. In
the eastern US, the wild rabbits are cottontails, Sylvilagus
floridanus. I doubt they can hybridize. European rabbits are usually
social, unlike the solitary cottontails, so I'm not sure how long a
single escaped rabbit would survive.
When we were kids, my cousin's rabbit escaped. We saw it for several
years in the field behind their house.
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