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You must have asked your self a couple of times the question, 'How many different types of bunnies are there?' There are actually more than 50 different species of bunnies or rabbits around the world. The bunny you own belongs to the common species which falls under the domestic category.

Below are the list of all different types of bunnies which can be found on different parts of the world:

1. Alaska Rabbit

These are species that came from Germany. They can grow at a medium size with an average weight of 3 to 4 kg (7 to 9 lb). Their glossy black fur is what makes them distinct among the other breeds of bunnies.

2. Altex

A new breed of rabbit with one intended purpose which is to provide meat. The name Altex was derived from two different places which are 'Alabama' and 'Texas'.

3-4. American Rabbit Blue and White

This breed of rabbit made a huge popularity until the 1950s due to their fur and meat. In 1949, it was actually listed as one of the most ideal breed to raise commercially for the purpose of collecting their meat and fur.

5. American Fuzzy Lop

American Fuzzy Lop is a breed having a similar appearance to that of the 'Holland Lop'. It is a wool breed and it weights about 3.5 lbs.

6. American Sable

An American Sable does have some slight similarities to the 'Chinchilla' in terms of their physical aspects. Their main difference is that this rabbit breed's coat are colored differently wherein it is similar to that of the Siamese cats.

7-14. Agente Bleu, Brun, Clair, Creme, De Champagne, Noir and St Hubert

The 'British Rabbit Council' and 'American Rabbit Breeders Association' recognizes these breeds as excellent pets which is due to their good nature. At a young age, Argentes typically have a solid color wherein their adult coloring will only show when they reach an age of around four months.

15. Baladi Rabbit

Baladi Rabbits originated from an Egyptian Rabbit in which they are capable of surviving under extreme temperature similar to Egypt's climate. Their colors can be black, red or white with an average weight of around 2.7 kg (6 lb). Most people primarily breed Baladi Rabbit for the purpose of its meat production.

16. Bauscat Rabbit

Another Egyptian breed and closely related to the Baladi. Both the Bauscat and Baladi are simply intended for meat production.

17. Beige Rabbit

A rare breed that only recognized by the British Rabbit Council. Its fur are silky dense and the color is similar to that of a light-sand with some slate blue markings on its body.

18. Belgian Hare

Belgian Hare is known to be the most intelligent breed among any other domestic rabbits. Its physical appearance resembles that of the wild hares wherein it has long slender body and agile legs.

19. Beveren

Beveren is actually a name of a small town near Antwerp in Belgium. Due the community that first bred these rabbits, it was named after the place. This bunnies are actually a rare type of breed but the most interesting part is that they are clean and smart.

20. Blanc de Bouscat

Bred in France in 1906 witch are the distant relatives of the Flemish Giant, Argente Champagne and French Angora. Today, it is now considered a rare breed in both UK and France.

21. Black de Hotot

The Black de Hotot is another breed at risk. It has the physical characteristics of compact thick furs with a spectacle-like black ring around its eyes. Its place of origin was in France and it breed had spread throughout Europe way through North America back in the 1920s. Today, they are recognized by the British Rabbit Council and American Rabbit Breeders Association as globally endangered species.

22. Blanc de Popielno

Also known as 'Popielno White' which is a rare large rabbit bred for its tasty meat.

23. Blanc de Termonder

Another large white rabbit bred that originates from Belgium. It is a cross breed of the Flemish Giant and Beveren.

24. Blue of Ham

Also known as 'Blue of Hem'. It was declared as extinct on 1960 but it has been reborn through the Flemish Giant and Vienna White Rabbit.

25. Blue of Sint-Niklaas

Blue of Sint-Niklaas is considered as the oldest fur-rabbit of the world because it has been bred way back to the 19th century for the purpose of harvesting its furs.

26. Bourbonnais Grey

A slate colored blue rabbit from France with an average weight of 4 to 5 kg or 11 lb.

27. Brazilian Domestic Rabbit

A medium sized rabbit that originated in Brazil with the intention of harvesting its meat.

28. Polish Rabbit

It was known that the Polish Rabbit had originated in England and a close descendant of the white hutch rabbit. Today, they are popularly used as display on fancy exhibition for pets.

29. British Giant Rabbit

Another large size breed with an astounding average weight of around 6 kg or 13 lbs.

30. Brown Chestnut of Lorraine

Rare French breed that came from the combination of Tan Rabbit and the Chestnut Brown Fur.

31. Caldes Rabbit

A Spanish breed and primarily found in Albino. They are actually used to cross breed with other different species in the aim to produce a better quality of meat.

32. Californian Rabbit

A cross breed of the Himalayan and the Standard Chinchilla by George West on 1920 at the Southern California. The purpose of this breed was intended to produce good meat and a quality of fur.

33. Carmagnola Grey

An almost extinct breed from Italy with physical characteristics as the large colored-chinchilla. The bred was intended to produce meat.

34. Cashmere Lop

A breed that came from England where it comes with a medium size with long dense fur. This is a smaller version called the 'Mini Cashmere Lop' and was recognized as 'Dwarf Lop' in 1980s byt the BRC (British Rabbit Council).

35. Chaudry Rabbit

Chaudry is a breed that has been bred from different pure white French rabbit breeds. The purpose was to bred for meat.

36. Checkered Giant

A perfect pet that do well at home. They can be trained and they are quite a fastidious groomers.

37. Chinchilla Rabbit (Standard, American, Giganta and Giant)

A rabbit breed with a great resemblance to the chinchillas. Though, they were not related and cannot be interbreed because the chinchilla belongs to a different (rodent) family.

38. Cinnamon

The russet color of its fur gave the rabbit its title 'cinnamon'.

39. Continental Giant

A colored white large breed recognized by BRC and ARBA.

40. Criollo

41. Cuban Brown

42. Czech Albin, Spot and Red

43. Deilenaar

A breed from Netherlands with a distinct feature of chestnut red agouti fur.

44. Dutch and Dutch Tri-Coloured

The most popular kind of all bunnies as pets.

45. Dwarf Hotot

Purely white coated bunnies perfectly suitable as pets.

46. Dwarf Lop (Mini Lop in USA)

47. Elfin

48. Enderby Island

They posses a silver-grey fur color with an undercoat of dark slate-blue,

49. English (Angora, Spot and Lop)

Domestic bunnies intended to bred for its long and soft furs.

50. Fauve de Bourgogne

Unique breed of bunnies that comes in orange-red color.

Starting from this list, you can find more additional information from this link (List of Rabbit Breeds):

51. Fee de Marbourg (Marburger)

52. Flemish Giant

53. Florida White

54. French (Angora and Lop)

55. Gabali

56. German (Angora and Lop)

57. Giant (Angora and Papillion)

58. Giza White

59. Golden Glavcot

60. Gotland

61. Grey Pearl of Halle

62. Guzelcamli

63. Harlequin

64. Havana

65. Himalayan

66. Hulstlander

67. Hungarian Giant

68. Jersey Wooly

69. Kabyle

70. Lilac

71. Lionhead

72. Liptov Baldspotted

73. Meissner Lop

74. Mellerud

75. Miniature Lop (Holland Lop in USA)

76. Mini Lion Lop

77. Netherland Dwarf

78. New Zealand

79. New Zealand Red

80. Orestad

81. Palomino

82. Pani

83. Pannon White

84. Perlfee

85. Plush Lop (Standard and Mini)

86. Pointed Beveren

87. Polish

88. Rex (Standard, Astrex, Mini and Opossum)

89. Rhinelander

90. Sallander

91. San Juan

92. Satin (Standard, Mini and Angora)

93. Sachsengold

94. Siberian

95. Siamese Sable

96. Silver (Fox and Marten)

97. Smoke Pearl

98. Spanish Giant

99. Squirrel

100. Sussex

101. Tadla

102. Tan

103. Teddwidder

104. Thrianta

105. Thuringer

106. Vienna

107. Wheaten (Lynx)

108. Zemmouri

These following list are the extinct breeds of rabbit which means they no longer exist:

1. Beaver

2. Blanc de Chauny

3. Black de L'Oural

4. Blue Beveren

5. Golden Fawn

6. Old English Red

7. Patagonian

8. Petite Brabancon

9. Rouennais

10. Sitka

11. Swan

You may also want to watch this video from YouTube which provides you a few tips for Rabbit Breed Identification.


Going back into our main subject about how many different types of bunnies are out there, the list had almost reached more than a hundred plus.