Rabbits USA

Rabbits are NOT NOCTURNAL, they sleep at night. Rather, they are CREPUSCULAR, meaning they are active at DAWN & DUSK!

Rabbit poop is amazing fertilizer for the garden! It's called cold manure and it doesn't need to be composted,. It can be used immediately. Also, BTW, if you step in it there's no mess like cat or dog poop.

Rabbits cannot VOMIT. Whatever they eat needs to go through their system and be pooped out. That's why certain things like celery are bad. It's stringy and will cause diarrhea.

Most domestic rabbits have their origins in Europe or Asia and they are of the Order Lagomorpha  so we call them Lagomorphs. And they are of the Family Leporidae.

ORDER - Lagomorpha
FAMILY - Leporidae

Interestingly, they are a different Species than the wild rabbits we have in America. They are called Cottontails. So if they breed together there will be no offspring.

Here's a mnemonic way to remember the scientific categories:

DO - Domain
KEEP - Kingdom
PONDS - Phylum
CLEAN - Class
OR - Order
FROGS - Family
GET - Genus
SICK - Species

A male rabbit is called a BUCK. Usually a buck will mate with 3 to 5 does, and he has nothing to do with raising the kits. If he were human we'd called him a "dead-beat" dad! However, the moms are not interested in child support, they can handle the babies fine until they are weaned at 5 weeks old. Then they are happy when they leave.