Species profile—Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Leporidae (rabbit and hare) → Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Leporidae (rabbit and hare)
- Scientific name
- Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- rabbit
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 834
- Alternate name(s)
- European rabbit
wild rabbit - Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=834.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
