French Angora Rabbit

French Angora Rabbit

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France YEAR RECOGNIZED: 1939 USES: Wool, show WEIGHT: 10.5 pounds (4.8 kg) max., senior bucks and does BODY TYPE: Commercial FUR TYPE: Wool, with great density COLORS: Agouti Group — chinchilla, chocolate chinchilla, lilac chinchilla, squirrel Agouti Varieties — chestnut, chocolate agouti, copper, lynx, opal Broken Group — white in combination with … Read more

Flemish Giant Rabbit

Flemish Giant Rabbit

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium YEAR RECOGNIZED: 1914 USES: Show, meat WEIGHT: 14 pounds (6.4 kg) and above, senior does FUR TYPE: Rollback; bright, glossy, dense BODY TYPE: Semi-arch COLORS: Black, blue, fawn, light gray, sandy, steel gray, white THE FLEMISH GIANT IS TYPICALLY A GENTLE GIANT among rabbits, and it enjoys a good reputation as … Read more

English Spot

English Spot

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: England YEAR RECOGNIZED: 1914 USES: Show, fur, meat WEIGHT: 8 pounds (3.6 kg) max., senior does BODY TYPE: Full-arch FUR TYPE: Flyback; ARBA Commercial Normal Fur Standard; short, dense, fine, lustrous COLORS: Black, blue, chocolate, gold, gray, lilac, or tortoiseshell markings on a white body SPOTTED RABBITS WERE KNOWN IN ENGLAND for more … Read more

Dwarf Hotot

Dwarf Hotot

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany YEAR RECOGNIZED: 1984 USES: Show WEIGHT: 3 pounds (1.4 kg) max., senior bucks and does BODY TYPE: Compact FUR TYPE: Rollback; soft, dense, fine, lustrous COLORS: White body with eye bands (circles) of black or chocolate BROAD INTEREST IN DWARF BREEDS of rabbit prompted two German breeders — one in the … Read more

Crème d’Argent

Crème d’Argent

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France YEAR RECOGNIZED: 1938 USES: Show, fur, meat WEIGHT: 11 pounds (5 kg) max., senior does BODY TYPE: Commercial FUR TYPE: ARBA Commercial Normal Fur Standard COLOR: Creamy white with orange cast from undercoat of bright orange THE CRÈME D’ARGENT is one of the oldest breeds recognized by the ARBA, with its ancestry … Read more

Cinnamon rabbit

Cinnamon rabbit

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States YEAR RECOGNIZED: 1972 USES: Fur, meat WEIGHT: 11 pounds (5 kg) max., senior does BODY TYPE: Commercial FUR TYPE: ARBA Commercial Normal Fur Standard COLOR: Rust or cinnamon with gray ticking; smoke gray midway on side and darker on belly THE LARGE CINNAMON RABBIT is aptly named, as its cinnamon … Read more

Checkered Giant Rabbit

Checkered Giant Rabbit

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany YEAR RECOGNIZED: 1914 USES: Show, fur, meat WEIGHT: 11 pounds (5 kg) and above, senior does BODY TYPE: Full-arch FUR TYPE: ARBA Commercial Normal Fur Standard COLORS: White with distinct black or blue markings around the eyes and on the ears, muzzle, spine, flanks, and tail The handsome, high-energy checkered giant … Read more

Champagne d’ Argent

Champagne d’ Argent

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France YEAR RECOGNIZED: circa 1932 USES: Fur, meat WEIGHT: 12 pounds (5.4 kg) max., senior does BODY TYPE: Commercial FUR TYPE: Flyback; ARBA Commercial Normal Fur Standard COLORS: Bluish white with black guard hairs IT’S FAIRLY CERTAIN that this breed originated in the Champagne region of France. But whether it was in the … Read more

Californian Rabbit

Californian Rabbit

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States YEAR RECOGNIZED: 1939 USES: Fur, meat WEIGHT: 10.5 pounds (4.8 kg) max., senior does BODY TYPE: Commercial FUR TYPE: Flyback; ARBA Commercial Normal Fur Standard COLORS: White with near-black nose, ears, feet, and tail The Californian was developed as both a fur- and meat-producing rabbit by George S. West in Lynnwood, California, … Read more

Britannia Petite

Britannia Petite

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: England YEAR RECOGNIZED: 1978 USES: Show WEIGHT: 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg) max., senior bucks and does BODY TYPE: Full-arch FUR TYPE: Flyback; ARBA Commercial Normal Fur Standard; smooth, short, dense COLORS: Black, black otter, blue-eyed white, chestnut agouti, ruby-eyed white, sable marten; broken (color includes any recognized breed variety in conjunction with white) … Read more