------------------------------------------------+---------+------------- | I. | II. | | | | Length Name of Breed. | Length | of Body from WILD AND SEMI-WILD RABBITS. | of | Incisors to | Skull. | Anus. ------------------------------------------------+---------+------------- | inches. | inches. 1. Wild rabbit, Kent | 3.15 | 17.4 2. " Shetland Islands | 3.15 | .. 3. " Ireland | 3.15 | .. 4. Domestic rabbit, run wild, Sandon | 3.15 | 18.5 5. Wild, common variety, small specimen, Kent | 2.96 | 17.0 6. Wild, fawn-coloured variety, Scotland | 3.1 | .. 7. Silver-grey, small specimen, Thetford warren| 2.95 | 15.5 8. Feral rabbit, Porto Santo | 2.83 | .. 9. " " | 2.85 | .. 10. " " | 2.95 | .. Average of the three Porto Santo Rabbits | 2.88 | .. | | Domestic Rabbits | | | | 11. Himalayan | 3.5 | 20.5 12. Moscow | 3.25 | 17.0 13. Angora | 3.5 | 19.5 14. Chinchilla | 3.65 | 22.0 15. Large lop-eared | 4.1 | 24.5 16. " " | 4.1 | 25.0 17. " " | 4.07 | .. 18. " " | 4.1 | 25.0 19. " " | 4.3 | .. 20. " " | 4.25 | .. 21. Large hare-coloured | 3.86 | 24.0 22. Average of above seven large lop-eared | | rabbits | 4.11 | 24.62 ------------------------------------------------+---------+------------- 23. Hare (_L. timidus_) English specimen | 3.61 | 24. " " German specimen | 3.82 | ------------------------------------------------+---------+-------------
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