European rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus · Leporidae

The European rabbit or coney is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and southwestern France. It has been introduced to hundreds of locations around the world. Wild and domesticated European rabbits around the world can vary widely in size, shape, and colour.

Where the European rabbit lives

Recorded in France and Spain (Europe, Oceania and South America).

Introduced, not native, in United Kingdom, Netherlands, Ashmore and Cartier Is., Belgium, Chile and Germany.

Most records fall in East Flanders, Lancashire, Antwerp, Kent, West Flanders and Flemish Brabant.

See the European rabbit’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Endangered (EN). In danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 724,564 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.