All Rabbit Breeds



This catalog of rabbit breeds lists all rabbit breeds recognized in the USA, including a brief description and a link to the breed's national organization (if available).



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The American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) is the national rabbit organization that recognizes these rabbit breeds.







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ALL RABBIT BREEDS: A

Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds

Type: Semi-arch (mandolin)

Color: Blue, White

Distinctive: Old American meat breed; breed has been identified as critically endangered

Contact: Breeders of the American Rabbit



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American Fuzzy Lop

Senior Weight: 3 1/2 - 3 3/4 pounds

Type: Compact and short

Colors: Agouti, broken, pointed white, self, shaded and wide band

Distinctive: A lop-eared rabbit resembling the Mini Lop, but smaller, and with wool that is at least 2 inches long.

National Club: American Fuzzy Lop Rabbit Club







Senior Weight: 7 - 10 pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: Shaded sepia brown, very dark on face and points, and lighter across body.

Distinctive: Color

National Club: American Sable Rabbit Society





Senior Weight: 5 - 7 ½ pounds

Type: Compact

Color: Many. Regardless of color, wool colors are very pale due to dilution of pigment.

Distinctive: Its fine soft wool up to 5+ inches long. All areas of rabbit covered in wool, except for the immediate face.

National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club







Senior Weight: 7 ½ - 10 ½ pounds.

Type: Commercial

Uses: 1) wool, 2) meat

Color: Many. Regardless of color, wool colors are very pale due to dilution of pigment.

Distinctive: Wool is 3.5 - 4.5 inches long. Head and ears are not wooled (no furnishings).

National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club









Senior Weight: 9 ½ pounds and over. (No maximum weight given.)

Type: Commercial

Color: Ruby-Eyed-White (Albino)

Distinctive: Giant size, wooled, ears tasseled with wool.

National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club





Senior Weight: 6 ½ - 9 ½ pounds.

Type: Commercial

Color: Many. Regardless of color, wool colors are very pale due to dilution of pigment.

Distinctive: Wool is fine, soft and silky, carrying the sheen of a satinized wool shaft. Sheen is evident over the entire body, including head and ears, which are not heavily wooled.

National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club





Argente Brun

Senior Weight: 7 - 10 pounds.

Type: Commercial

Color: Silvered chocolate (brown)

National Club: American Argente Brun Rabbit Club (Facebook)





ALL RABBIT BREEDS: B





(Belgian Hare Photo Credit: BelgianHares.org.uk - Thank you)





Senior Weight: 6 - 9 ½ pounds

Type: Fully arched

Color: Brilliant, rich, deep red, of a tan or chestnut shade.

Distinctive: Arched and racy, hare-like in appearance.

National Club: Belgian Hare Club





Senior Weight: 8 - 12 pounds

Type: Mandolin

Color: Black, blue and white

Distinctive: Its mandolin shape on a large body suitable for meat production.

National Club: American Beveren Rabbit Club







Senior Weight: 8 - 11 pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: Entirely frosty white, except for an 1/8 inch black "eyeband" around brown eyes.

Distinctive: Eye markings.

National Club: Hotot Rabbit Breeders International







Britannia Petite

Senior Weight: Maximum weight -

2 ½ pounds

2 ½ pounds Type: Arched

Color: Black, black otter, chestnut agouti, REW, sable marten

Distinctive: Tiny arched body

National Club: American Britannia Petite Rabbit Society











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ALL RABBIT BREEDS: C



Senior Weight: 8 - 10 ½ pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: White, with black at the points (nose, ears, feet and tail). Eyes are red.

Distinctive: Himalayan markings in a commercial rabbit

National Club: Californian Rabbit Specialty Club





Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: Bluish white, with interspersed jet black hairs, giving an old silver effect.

Distinctive: Its color.

National Club: Champagne d’Argent Rabbit Federation







Checkered Giant

Senior Weight: 11 - 12 pounds minimum (no maximum weight)

Type: Arched

Color: White with black spots and spine stripe; white with blue spots and spine stripe

Distinctive: Large size, body type and spots.

National Club: American Checkered Giant Rabbit Club









(American Chinchilla Photo Credit: Hobbit Hole Farm (Oklahoma) - Thank you)





Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds.

Type: Commercial

Color: Resembling the chinchilla - black and white banded hair shafts

Distinctive: Color and size. This breed is recognized as critically endangered.

Contact: American Chinchilla Rabbit Breeders Association







(Giant Chinchilla Photo Credit: Jan Hoadley at Slow Money Farm (AL) - Thank you)

Senior Weight: 12 - 16 pounds

Type: Large Commercial

Color: Resembling the chinchilla - black and white banded hair shafts

Distinctive: Color and size

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﻿Senior Weight: 5 - 7 ½ pounds

Type: Compact

Color: Resembling the chinchilla - black and white banded hair shafts

Distinctive: Color and smaller size

National Club: American Standard Chinchilla Rabbit Breeders Association





Cinnamon

Senior Weight: 8 ½ - 11 pounds.

Type: Commercial

Color: Rusty or cinnamon, with uniform smoke gray ticking across the back

Distinctive: Color

National Club: Cinnamon Rabbit Breeders Association







Crème D’Argent

Senior Weight: 8 - 11 pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: Creamy white with a bright orange cast due to orange undercolor

Distinctive: Color

National Club: Creme d'Argent Federation







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ALL RABBIT BREEDS: D



Senior Weight: 3 ½ - 5 ½ pounds

Type: Compact

Color: Black, blue, chocolate, gray, steel, chinchilla, tortoiseshell, with specific white markings

Distinctive: Marking pattern

National Club: American Dutch Rabbit Club







Dwarf Hotot

Senior Weight: Maximum weight = 3 pounds.

Type: Compact

Color: Pure white, except for a uniform band of black around the eyes of the thickness of two pennies on edge. Eyes are brown.

Distinctive: Eyebands and dwarf size.

National Club: American Dwarf Hotot Rabbit Club





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ALL RABBIT BREEDS: E-F



Senior Weight: 5 - 8 pounds

Type: Arched

Color: White, with nose butterfly, eye circles, ears, cheek spots, spine and side spots in these colors: black, blue chocolate, gold, gray, lilac, tortoise.

Distinctive: Carriage and markings

National Club: American English Spot Rabbit Club





(Pictured: Light gray Flemish Giant youngster is over 17 pounds)



Senior Weight: 13 pounds or more (no maximum)

Type: Semi-arched

Color: Black, blue, fawn, light gray (shown), sandy, steel gray, white

Distinctive: Giant but balanced size.

National Club: National Federation of Flemish Giant Rabbit Breeders





Senior Weight: 4 - 6 pounds

Type: Compact.

Color: Pure white. Eyes are pink.

Distinctive: Commercial rabbit in a smaller size.

National Club: Florida White Rabbit Breeders Association





ALL RABBIT BREEDS: G-I



Harlequin

Senior Weight: 6 1/2 - 9 1/2 pounds.

Type: Commercial

Color: Black, blue, chocolate and lilac in two groups: Japanese (dark/orange), Magpie (dark/white). One ear black, the other orange. Sides of face, chest and legs alternate colors, and back should have 5 or 6 alternating bands or bars.

Distinctive: Alternating markings

National Club: American Harlequin Rabbit Club







Senior Weight: 4 ½ - 6 ½ pounds.

Type: Compact

Color: Black, blue, chocolate, brokens

Distinctive: Medium-small, vibrantly colored.

National Club: Havana Rabbit Breeders Association







Senior Weight: 2 ½ - 4 ½ pounds

Type: Cylindrical

Color: Pointed - Pure white except for the nose, ears, feet and tail, which are black, blue, chocolate or lilac.

Distinctive: Cylindrical shape

National Club: American Himalayan Rabbit Association







Senior Weight: Not over 4 pounds.

Type: Compact, with head high

Color: Agouti, broken, pointed white, self, shaded, tan, ticked, wide band

Distinctive: Small size and lopped ears.

National Club: Holland Lop Rabbit Specialty Club





ALL RABBIT BREEDS: J-L



Jersey Wooly

Senior Weight: Not over 3 ½ pounds.

Type: Compact

Color: Agouti, broken, AOV, self, shaded, tan

Distinctive: Petite size and 3 inch wool

National Club: National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club









Lilac

(The Lilac pictured won Best Reserve in Show at Monroe, WA, on May 1, 2010)

Senior Weight: 5 ½ - 7 ½ pounds

Type: Compact

Color: Lilac (‘dove gray’ with delicate pink tint on surface)

Distinctive: Color

National Club: National Lilac Rabbit Club of America







Senior Weight: 3 3/4 pounds

Type: Compact

Color: Red-eyed-white, tortoiseshell (for now)



Distinctive: Pattern of long wool around neck



National Club: North American Lionhead Rabbit Club









Senior Weight: 9 pounds and over (no maximum weight)

Type: Semi-arched

Color: Agouti, broken, self, shaded, ticked, wide band

Distinctive: Enormous lopped ears

National Club: Lop Rabbit Club of America





Senior Weight: 10 ½ pounds and over (no maximum weight)

Type: Commercial, massive

Color: Agouti, broken, self, shaded, ticked, wide band

Distinctive: Massive size, lopped ears

National Club: Lop Rabbit Club of America





ALL RABBIT BREEDS: M



Senior Weight: 4 ½ - 6 ½ pounds

Type: Compact



Color: Agouti, broken, pointed white, self, shaded, ticked, wide band

Distinctive: Lopped ears, compact yet massive in effect

National Club: Mini Lop Rabbit Club of America







Senior Weight: 3 - 4 ½ pounds

Type: Commercial type in a little body

Color: Black, blue, blue-eyed white, broken, castor, chinchilla, chocolate, Himalayan, lilac, lynx, opal red, seal, tortoise, red-eyed white

Distinctive: Rex fur on petite body

National Club: National Mini Rex Rabbit Club

Senior Weight: 3 1/4 - 4 3/4 pounds

Type: Commercial in petite package

Color: Ruby-eyed white, chinchilla, opal, red, black, chocolate, otter, siamese

Distinctive: Satin fur

National Club: American Satin Rabbit Breeders Association





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ALL RABBIT BREEDS: N



Senior Weight: Not over 2 ½ pounds

Type: CompactColor: Agouti, self, shaded, tan pattern, any other varieties

Distinctive: Tiny round size, short ears, many color varieties

National Club: American Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Club











(New Zealand Rabbit photo credit: Silverwolf Rabbitry, WA - thank you)

Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: White, black, red , broken

, broken Distinctive: Commercial meat rabbit

National Club: American Federation of New Zealand Rabbit Breeders







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ALL RABBIT BREEDS: O-P



Palomino

Senior Weight: 8 - 11 pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: Golden, lynx

Distinctive: Color

National Club: Palomino Rabbit Co-Breeders Association







Senior Weight: Not over 3 ½ pounds

Type: Compact

Color: Black, blue, broken, chocolate, blue-eyed white, ruby-eyed white

Distinctive: Petite size

National Club: American Polish Rabbit Club





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ALL RABBIT BREEDS: R-S



Senior Weight: 7 ½ - 10 ½ pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: Amber, black, blue, broken, Californian, castor, chinchilla, chocolate, lilac, lynx, opal, otter, red, sable, seal, white (REW)



Distinctive: Rex fur

National Club: National Rex Rabbit Club





Rhinelander

Senior Weight: 6 ½ - 10 pounds

Type: Arched

Color: White with evenly distributed black and orange markings on nose, eye circles, cheek spot, ears, spine, side spot and tail

Distinctive: Tri coloration, markings

National Club: Rhinelander Rabbit Club of America

Senior Weight: 8 ½ - 11 pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: Black, blue broken, Californian, chinchilla, chocolate, copper, otter, red, Siamese, white

Distinctive: Satinized hair shafts - finer diameter and a more transparent hair shell resulting in brilliant colors and enhanced sheen.

National Club: American Satin Rabbit Breeders Association





Silver

(Silver Rabbit photo credit: Silverwolf Rabbitry, WA - thank you)

Senior Weight: 4 - 7 pounds

Type: Slight mandolin

Color: Black, brown, fawn

Distinctive: Even silvering over entire rabbit due to silver-white hairs and hair-tips; considered a ‘rare’ breed

National Club: National Silver Rabbit Club





Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds

Type: Commercial

Color: Black which is ‘silvered’ (other varieties in development)

Distinctive: Long, evenly silvered fur, and is a meat breed. Silver Fox breed is recognized as critically endangered.

National Club: National Silver Fox Rabbit Club





Silver Marten

Senior Weight: 6 - 9 ½ pounds

Type: Lighter commercial

Color: Black, blue, chocolate, sable, in a tan pattern (‘tan’ areas are white in this breed)

Distinctive: Black and silver coloration, long silvery guard hairs evenly distributed up sides of rabbit

National Club: Silver Marten Rabbit Club





ALL RABBIT BREEDS: T-Z



Senior Weight: 4 - 6 pounds

Type: Arched

Color: Black, blue, chocolate and lilac, with fiery tan triangle, chest and belly

Distinctive: Rich fiery tan and lustrous top colors

National Club: American Tan Rabbit Specialty Club





Thrianta

Pronounced "Tree-AHNta"

Senior Weight: 4-6 pounds

Type: Compact

Color: A fiery, brilliant red with dark brown eyes. The belly is a slightly lighter shade of red.

Distinctive: Its amazing, fiery red color.

National Club: American Thrianta Rabbit Breeders Association





Two additional breeds are found in the USA, though not recognized by the ARBA.

Click on their breed titles to learn more about these breeds:

Altex, a terminal sire commercial meat breed

German Angora, a commercial wool breed recognized by the International Association of German Angora Rabbit Breeders (IAGARB).







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