Thursday, October 22, 2009

10 Cottontail Rabbit



This a wild rabbit, isn't he cute! The girl rabbits must think so too, thats why there are so many rabbits born in the spring and summer.

Notice the wolf coloring. Like a Black & tan dog (Rottweiler colored), but with a wolf color gene that turns the black into agouti color (flecked black and amber on each hair, making a grey color).

Some dometic rabbits are still bred in the agouti color. This is one named Lilly. I'd have put in on this page but it wasn't in public domain like the photo of the wild rabbit.

Agouti colored domestic rabbit.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domestic-rabbit-Lilly-washing-0a.jpg