Talk:European rabbit

Merge suggestion with Domestic rabbit

Someone has added a suggestion to Domestic rabbit that it be merged with the domestication section in European Rabbit. Please see the Talk:Domestic rabbit page for discussion on this merge. --Krishva 04:03, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

This page says that rabbits were introduced to Britain by the Romans, but most other sites say by the Normans. Which is correct? Jooler 13:28, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Both. The Romans brought some and a few escaped and bred, the Normans brought the bulk however and bred vast colonies of them and released them on islands. Kentynet (talk) 14:25, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Pet rabbits

It seems the pet rabbit section of this article was once a part of the general rabbits article (which now has a seperate domestic rabbits subsection.

Mabey it would be best if both subsections were combined and palced into a new "Domestic Rabbit" article. This would be particularly useful for any readers looking for information on rabbits as a potential pet and create a seperation from those looking for more general information regarding lagomorph biology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.148.199.218 (talk) 09:49, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

do they come from related species?

.european rabitt come from Iberia. Are there oryctolagus in other place? Where genus come from? Anselmocisneros 12:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

UtherSRG-Think carefully before reverting constructive edits

I've added three references to back up the statistics I added to this article. You can Google "Australia rabbit population 600 million" to find thousands more. Your claim that my contribution was written in a "non encyclopedic tone" is nothing short of absurd. If you're suffering from delusions, please see a doctor- But I suggest you think twice before starting pointless edit wars that border on vandalism. Rearden Metal 16:01, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

No, you think again. You did *not* add any references. You added a piece of text. Here are the current references:

1. ^ Hoffmann, Robert S.; Andrew T. Smith (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 205-206. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.

2. ^ Lagomorph Specialist Group (1996). Oryctolagus cuniculus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on May 12, 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern

3. ^ Hofmann,H: Wild Animals of Britain and Europe, HarperCollins 1995, pg.118-119 ISBN:0-00-762727-0

• Reversing Rabbit Decline 2005 report concerning efforts to recover rabbits in Spain and Portugal, supported by the IUCN Lagomorph and Cat Specialist Groups

In addition, words like "strikingly" are not encyclopedic in tone.

I have no delusions about your edits. They were not correct and I will be reverting them again. To suggest that I need to see a doctor is not civil and I will consider further ad hominem attacks as anything but good faith. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:52, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Ah... I see... .*this* time you added references.... incorrectly. I shall fix them. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:02, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Move "Rabbit behavior in the wild" section to Rabbit?

The section doesn't appear to be specific to European rabbits, and Rabbit is noticeably lacking info about rabbit behavior in the wild. I propose to move the section verbatim. Comments? --Ed Brey 17:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I concur. Also, I think the section that follows on humans & rabbits should be moved as well. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

New behavior content has just been added to Rabbit, so moving the section(s) verbatim no longer applies; however, carefully merging the appropriate content from this page into Rabbit is still a good idea. --Ed Brey 17:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

It is, of course, part of the problem with the distinction between European Rabbit and Rabbit - 90% of what there is to say about rabbits is about Oryctolagus. I like the new additions to Rabbit because they do discuss other rabbit species as well (it's great to hear someone writing about the volcano rabbit!), even though there should be more on Sylvilagus - those two genera together probably account for 99% of rabbit knowlege... All the same, I added the wild behaviour section here in European Rabbit rather than in Rabbit because it really does refer to Oryctolagus; there are many aspects of cottontail behaviour (such as burrowing) which are significantly different. Arikk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arikk (talk • contribs) 20:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease

I am looking for some reviews for the article rabbit haemorrhagic disease. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisakauth (talk • contribs) 17:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Introduction of Rabbit to Ireland

It may be worth mentioning the introduction of the rabbit to Ireland around 800 years ago. After the last ice age there was a long gap before humans introduced them. Pnelnik (talk) 08:07, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Baleful results to wildlife?

In the article it is written that the introduction of rabbits had baleful results to wildlife. What is the source for that?--Inugami-bargho (talk) 09:42, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

File:Oryctolagus cuniculus Tasmania 2.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Picture of the day

The European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa. It has been widely introduced to countries on all continents with the exception of Antarctica and Sub-Saharan Africa, often with devastating effects on local biodiversity. In Australia particularly, twelve pairs of rabbits introduced in 1859 became millions in just ten years, the fastest spread ever recorded of any mammal anywhere in the world.Photo: JJ Harrison

Introduction

It would be interesting to have an expanded section, or full article, that details the introduction of the European Rabbit to other areas of the world. Consider this a request! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.230.25.98 (talk) 16:14, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Decline

The article very briefly mentions a "decline" of rabbit population, but this is not explained enough or any numbers given. People who are used to the phrase "multiplying like rabbits" or to stories of the invasion of Australia by rabbits are surprised that this hasn't been the case in the last 50 years, and rabbits are disappearing. According to [1], 95% of the rabbits in Spain, Portugal and North Africa have disappeared since 1950, and the population in the rest of Europe decreased by 90%. 87.69.227.74 (talk) 10:26, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

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Introduction of rabbits to Great Britain: contradictory statements

This areticel is internally contradictoruy about who first brought rabbits to Britain. One subsection claims by Romans on or after 43 AD, while another claims by the Normans on or after 1066 AD. (I have read elsewhere a claim that Angles and/or Saxons brought them circa 600-800 AD.) Acwilson9 (talk) 23:39, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Species range.

European rabbits are established in southern vancouver island 2605:8D80:326:7517:E4BD:D4DA:6645:C00D (talk) 01:11, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Include deprecated subspecies?

Current academic consensus seems to be that only O. c. algirus and O. c. cuniculus are viable subspecies. Should the other entries be taken out of the table (including the domesticated subspecies)? Reconrabbit 14:54, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

I think so, yes. However, they and their deprecation can be discussed in the article body. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:12, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

So have they been synonymised with algirus or cuniculus? Mariomassone (talk) 19:49, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

The geographic reference points given are described in less detail by Ferrand, implying that the full details are given by Fonseca in a 2006 thesis work. It is written that the populations present throughout the Mediterranean "remain to be studied but may have a similar origin", indicating that they belong to O. c. cuniculus as does the population introduced to Zembra, while the only populations explicitly synonymized with algirus are those in Madeira, the Azores and the Canaries. I believe the read here is that the subspecies named by MSW except for huxleyi are synonymized with cuniculus. I do have to add more to the fossil record, as Lopez-Martinez has more to say about extinct subspecies, though he also describes algirus and huxleyi separately (though this source and presumably Fonseca describes them as synonymous). Reconrabbit 20:34, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm going to leave the subspecies info as is for now until I can get my hands on a copy of Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol 6. I also emailed Nuno Ferrand for clarification but I have had very poor luck getting responses from academics. Reconrabbit 19:45, 3 November 2024 (UTC)