Are rabbits mammals?

When it comes to rabbits, "cute" immediately comes to mind. They have pointed ears. So, is a lovely rabbit a mammal? What are the characteristics?

Is a rabbit a mammal?

Rabbits are mammals. It is a viviparous thermostatic animal with hairy body and nurtured offspring by mammary glands.

Second, what are the characteristics of rabbits?

1. Body type

According to their size, they can be divided into large rabbits, medium rabbits and small rabbits. The weight of large rabbits is about 5-8 kilograms (and a few of them are more than 8 kilograms). The weight of medium-sized rabbits is about 2-4 kilograms, and that of small rabbits is less than 2 kilograms. Generally speaking, the body of a rabbit can be divided into four parts: head and neck, trunk, limbs and tail. Body surface: the coat has the function of heat preservation. Coat color: mostly white, black, gray, grayish white, grayish brown, yellowish gray, light soil yellow, and flower entrapment. Rabbit incisors: suitable for cutting off food. Molars: suitable for grinding food. The rabbit's tail is short and furry, will ball up, like a ball, very cute. Mode of exercise: jump, the rabbit's forelimbs are shorter than the hindlegs, which is good for jumping.

two。 Head

The head of the rabbit is longer, which can be divided into facial area (in front of the eye) and brain, head and neck skull region (behind the eye). The facial area accounts for about 2. 3 of the total length of the head.

3. Mouth

The rabbit mouth is short, with upper and lower lips, in which the upper lip is longitudinally cracked (also known as open mouth), the incisors are exposed, and there are tentacles on the edge of the mouth. Split in the middle of the upper lip, is a typical three-lobe mouth, very cute. In addition to two protruding front teeth, the rabbit has 28 teeth. [2]

4. Nose

The nostril of the rabbit is large and oval, and the inner edge is connected with the longitudinal fissure of the upper lip.

5. Eye

The rabbit's eyeball is round and the monocular angle of view is 180 °, so the rabbit sees things with one eye. The color of the eyes is also different with different kinds of rabbits and different coat colors. The rabbit's eyes are red, blue, black, gray and other colors, and some rabbits have different colors between the left and right eyes.

6. Ear

The ears of rabbits are long and large, even longer than the length of the head; there are also some breeds of rabbits whose ears are small and drooping. The shape, length and thickness of rabbit ears can also reflect the characteristics of the variety. For example, the ears of Chinese native rabbits are short, thick, upright and large.

7. Wool

Rabbit hair can be shaved and sold. It is soft and delicate and can be used to make clothes and so on.

In addition, the rabbit is a timid animal, everyone in the feeding and management, should try to avoid causing rabbit panic sound.