Friday, August 25, 2017

EUROPEAN RABBIT

Photographed in South Australia, 2016
18                   EUROPEAN RABBIT                 Oryctolagus cuniculus 

AUSTRALIA            18  

Introduced and established across all Australia except for monsoonal tropics. Gregarious, living in warrens; nocturnal and crepuscular, diurnal if undisturbed. Prolific breeders. Thumps ground with rear legs as warning sign.

Rabbits at warren, Wee Jasper, NSW




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