The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is only found on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima...

Amami Ōshima (奄美大島, Okinawan: Uushima (ウーシマ); Amami: Ushima (ウシマ)), also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū...

The Amami Islands (奄美群島, Amami-guntō) is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu. Administratively...

"jackrabbits", but classed as hares rather than rabbits. The pet known as the Belgian hare is a domesticated European rabbit which has been selectively bred to resemble...

analysis. Family Leporidae (rabbits and hares): Genus Pentalagus Amami rabbit, Pentalagus furnessi Genus Bunolagus Riverine rabbit, Bunolagus monticularis...

rabbit's closest relatives are the hispid hare, the riverine rabbit, and the Amami rabbit. The following cladogram is from Matthee et al., 2004, based...

Oryctolagus cuniculus Genus Pentalagus Amami rabbit/Ryūkyū rabbit, Pentalagus furnessi Genus Poelagus Bunyoro rabbit, Poelagus marjorita Genus Pronolagus...

Haemaphysalis pentalagi, the Ryukyu rabbit tick, is an endangered species endemic to Japan where it is only known from Amami Ōshima, an island in the Ryukyu...

The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), also called the cane-cutter, is a large cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United...

(rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). There are 110 recent species of lagomorph of which 109 are extant, including 10 genera of rabbits (42...