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The Amami rabbit, aka Ryukyu rabbit, is only found on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima, 2 small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Japan. These rabbits are frequently called a living fossil. The Amami rabbit is a living remnant of ancient rabbits that once dwelled on the Asian mainland, where […]

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The volcano rabbit, aka Zacatuche or Teporingo, hails from the mountainous regions of Mexico and is the 2nd smallest known rabbit. With the Colombia Basin pygmy rabbit being the smallest known. Due to a decreasing population of only 7,000 wild individuals, these rabbits are listed as Endangered by the IUCN. […]

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