Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Lagomorpha > Family: Leporidae > Genus: Oryctolagus > Species: Oryctolagus cuniculus

Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Near Threatened (IUCN)
Most preferred habitats
  • agricultural mosaics
  • cropland
  • grassland
  • heathland and shrub
May also occur in
  • sparsely vegetated land
  • urban
  • woodland and forest

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

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Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Coelho-bravo Portuguese Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Conejo Spanish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Coniglio selvatico Italian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kaniini Finnish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Konijn Dutch Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Králík divoký Czech Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Králik divý Slovak Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Królik dziki Polish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kunec Slovenian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Küülik Estonian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lapin de garenne French Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lepuri i eger i vogel Albanian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lepuri i Sazanit Albanian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rabbit English Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Triušis Lithuanian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Üregi nyúl Hungarian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vildkanin Danish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vildkanin Swedish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Villikanína Icelandic Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Villkanin Norwegian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wëll Kanéngchen Luxemburgish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wildkaninchen German Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
EoL Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Oryctolagus cuniculus European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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