Amami rabbit | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Oftencalledalivingfossil,theAmamirabbitisalivingremnantofancientrabbitsthatoncelivedontheAsianmainland,wheretheydiedout,remainingonlyonthe ...
Species of mammal
The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi; Amami: [ʔosaɡi]), or Amami no-kuro-usagi (アマミノクロウサギ 奄美野黒兔, lit. "Amami wild black rabbit"), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit is a dark-furred rabbit which is only found in Amami Ōshima and Toku-no-Shima, two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Kagoshima Prefecture (but actually closer to Okinawa) in Japan. Often called a living fossil, the Amami rabbit is a living remnant of ancient rabbits that once lived on the Asian mainland, where they died out, remaining only on the two small Japanese islands where they live today.[3]
Evolution[edit]Pentalagus is thought to be a descendant of Pliopentalagus, known from the Pliocene of China and Eastern to Central Europe.[4]
Biology[edit] Diet[edit]The Amami rabbit feeds on over 29 species of plants, which incorporate...
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Amami rabbit | 台北市立動物園資訊網
【家兔(馴化兔)】:兔科;
兔子的聽力非常好，長耳朵還有散熱的功能。通常熱帶地區野生兔子的耳朵就比寒帶地區的大。長耳、絨毛和短尾是兔子給人的印象...
【北非髯羊】:牛科;
頭體長1,30-1,65cm，尾長15-25cm，肩高75-1,12cm，體重雄性100-145kg，雌性40-55kg。毛色為黃褐色偏紅色，耳內、臉頰、腹側...