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Pentalagus furnessi 387708672🐇

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SpeciesLagomorphaLeporidae
Mammals

🐇Amami rabbit

Pentalagus furnessi (Stone, 1900)

Het amamikonijn (Pentalagus furnessi; Japans: アマミノクロウサギ 奄美野黒兔, Amamino kuro usagi) is een zoogdier uit de familie van de hazen en konijnen (Leporidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Stone in 1900. Het amamikonijn wordt vaak omschreven als een levend fossiel, als enige overlevende soort uit het geslacht Pentalagus, waarvan verschillende soorten ooit heel het Aziatische vasteland bevolkten.

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Also called
Ryukyu Rabbit
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
2.3 kg
Body length
0.48 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
12 years
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Everything we know about the Amami rabbit

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Body mass
2.3 kg
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Body length
0.48 m
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Maximum lifespan
12 years
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Generation length
3.28 yearsestimated
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Gestation
39 daysestimated
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Litter size
about 2
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Volume l
2.3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Amami rabbit yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderLagomorpha
  5. ›familyLeporidae
  6. ›genusPentalagus
  7. ›speciesPentalagus furnessi
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
  3. familyLeporidae
  4. genusPentalagus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
  12. familyLeporidae
  13. genusPentalagus
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What it eats
seeds and grain50%
leaves, roots and other plants50%
In other languages
Ryukyu-Kaninchen (de), アマミノクロウサギ (ja), Pentalagus furnessi (fr), 琉球兔 (zh), conill de les illes Amami (ca), Pentalagus furnessi (it) … and 18 more languages
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