Rabbit Pendant in 925 Silver and Natural Stone

The term "rabbit" is actually quite generic. In fact, it identifies seven genera ( Brachylagus,Bunolagus, Caprolagus, Nesolagus, Orycatolagus, Pentalagus,, Poelagus, Pronolagus, Romerolagus, Sylvilagus ) belonging to the family Leporidae, order Lagomorpha. The Ochotonidae family (of which the picas belong) and the Leporidae family, which collects hares and rabbits, belong to the latter. The only species to have been domesticated is the Oryctolagus cuniculus or European rabbit. However, some doubts still remain about when it was domesticated. According to a study published in 2018 in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution , the widespread opinion that the domestic origins of the rabbit date back to 600 AD is not supported by historical documents, by archaeological finds or by the results of genetic investigations.

This animal appears to be one of the most recently domesticated species. "It is probably for this reason that the rabbit has kept much of its wild nature ," explains Dario d'Ovidio, a veterinarian who deals with unconventional pets and specializes in small mammal medicine through the European College of Zoological Medicine to OggiScienza . .

In nature, the European rabbit is essentially a prey animal, an excellent meal for a large number of predators from birds of prey to carnivorous grades. It is, moreover, the only social leporid . As an article of 2016 explains, it forms with its similar large groups, territorially delimited (the "warrens"), with a dominant male and various females and subordinate males; the hierarchy is strictly linear among both males and females. The sociability and prey nature of the rabbit are two essential aspects to consider when choosing to welcome one into your home, because it is precisely on the basis of these ethological characteristics that the correct management of the animal can be set up.

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