Rabbit

Description:

It has a black to buff coat, white belly and a short upturned tail. The female or doe is smaller and has a narrower head than the buck or male.

Habitat:

A social animal, the rabbit lives in colonies in warrens. It can live almost anywhere, from sea-level to the mountains, digging burrows on farmland, sand dunes, salt marshes, moorland, embankments and cliffs.

Notes:

Rabbits in the wild rarely live longer than 12 months, there is a 90% mortality rate. On average a doe will produce about 10 live young/year. Breeding may occur sporadically throughout the year but mainly between January to June going into August if the weather is good. A buck will mate with several does, but takes no part in the rearing of the young and may even kill them.