The term rex rabbit refers informally to one of at least eight breeds of domestic rabbit. One such breed is the Rex, which is recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) and by the British Rabbit Council (BRC). Other modern-day rex rabbit breeds are listed below. Care must be taken to distinguish the rex rabbit breeds from the three types of rex rabbit fur for which they are known.
This broken castor rex rabbit is uneasy about being in an open field.
A dark colored pet rex rabbit eating
The domestic rabbit is the domesticated form of the European rabbit, a member of the lagomorph order. A male rabbit is known as a buck, a female is a doe, and a young rabbit is a kit. There are hundreds of rabbit breeds, originating from all over the world.
Domestic rabbit
A pet rabbit stretched out on the carpet. This behavior is sometimes called a "sploot".
A medieval depiction of well-dressed ladies who are hunting rabbits in a warren, using cages, clubs and ferrets. Queen Mary's Psalter (1340)
Titian, Madonna of the Rabbit (c. 1530)