What is the difference between the grass rabbit and the Rex rabbit?

Grass rabbit and Rex rabbit are rabbit family animals, but different species. What's the difference between grass rabbit and rex rabbit?

What is the difference between a rabbit and a rabbit?

1. rabbit hair

Rex rabbit, also known as Rex rabbit, is a world-famous large-scale short-haired rabbit breed, the general hair length of about 15-18 mm, its biggest feature is the hair on the body. Its hair is extremely thick and upright, feel rich elasticity, and have a variety of hair color and stripes, fur value is very high, in Europe and America mostly for meat rabbit.

Rabbit hair short grass, body back hair color changes greatly, from sand yellow to dark brown, usually with black ripples.

2. morphology

The concave engravings on the front and back of supraorbital process of rabbit skull were obvious. The posterior end of the nasal bone slightly exceeds the posterior end of the premaxilla, and the anterior end exceeds the vertical line of the posterior edge of the upper teeth. The brain box is slightly wider than that of South China Rabbit. The posterior part of zygomaticoid arc is equal to or slightly wider than the anterior part. The inner nostril is significantly wider than the narrowest part of the palatal bridge in the anteroposterior direction. The length of the auditory vesicle is about 13.8-14.2% of the cranial length. The posterior upper margin of mandible is inclined compared with that of South China rabbits. The condyle process is not as developed as that of South China rabbit. Nipples 3 pairs.

Young rex rabbit toe claws short thin and straight, rich luster, hidden in the foot hair; white rabbit toe claws pink at the base, white tip, and red more than white. The incisors are white, short and neat.

3. coat color

The fur color on the back of the rabbit varies greatly, from sandy yellow to dark brown, usually with black ripples; some back hairs are cinnamon, light camel or gray camel; the side of the body near the abdomen is brown; the neck is light khaki; the throat is dark khaki or light cinnamon; the buttocks are usually lighter than the back, and the outer side of the ear tip is black; the back of the tail has large black spots, and the rest is pure white; the ventral surface of the body is pure white except for the throat; the back of the foot is khaki.

Rex rabbit has more than 90 kinds of colors, beaver color, white (including extra-white), red, blue, purple blue and other more than 20 kinds of color types.