🐇Amami rabbit
琉球兔（學名：Pentalagus furnessi；英語：Ryukyu rabbit），或稱奄美短耳兔、奄美黑兔（英語：Amami rabbit；日語：アマミノクロウサギ）等，是一個哺乳綱兔形目兔科Pentalagus屬的物種，也是Pentalagus屬至今發現的唯一物種。 該物種是奄美大島和德之島的特有種，並在當前被列為瀕危物種。 該物種常被稱為活化石。根據分子親緣關係學和去氧核糖核酸等方面的研究證據，牠們被判定為兔科古老物種的遺留，一度出現於亞洲大陸，但現今只出現於奄美大島和德之島；該物種被認為在兔屬物種出現前，即因地殻運動等所致之島嶼隔離等，而遺留在該些地區。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- 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
Everything we know about the Amami rabbit
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.3 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.48 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length3.28 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation39 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2.3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderLagomorpha
- ›familyLeporidae
- ›genusPentalagus
- ›speciesPentalagus furnessi
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusPentalagus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusPentalagus
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