Types of Bunnies that Stay Small in Size
What are the types of bunnies that stay small in size? There are a total of 21 small-sized bunnies considered as suitable pets at home. Lets discuss each of these adorable pets to know more about them.
1. American Fuzzy Lop
Origin: United States
Color: They come in different colors
Fur: They have long furs in which they were bred to provide wool
Weight: 3 to 4 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Many people describe this small sized rabbit as a flatted bulldog face. Its both ears are lopped the reason why it has been called a 'fuzzy lop.
Grooming:
If you intend to choose an American Fuzzy Lop as your pet then you have to know that it will require extensive care for their daily grooming. You will be spending most of your time brushing its long furs to maintain it clean. Its diet must also be closely observe.
Organization: Recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA)
2. Britannia Petite
Origin: England
Color: Black, Black Otter, Chestnut, Sable, Marten, Red-Eyed White
Fur: Short
Weight: 1.5 to 2.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
They have relatively short ears that the bunnies can straighten them up to improve their hearing. Their heads are also narrow consisting of cheeks and bold eyes.
Grooming:
Britannia Petite are best recommended for experienced rabbit breeders because they can be fragile. Actually, their delicate arched body is the most serious part that needs to be handled carefully.
3. Dwarf Hotot
Origin: Germany
Color: White body and black that surrounds the eyes
Fur: Short
Weight: 2 to 3 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
They have short ears that always stays upright. Their bodies are compact and rounded. The most interesting part is the black eyeliner around their eyes like make-up.
4. Himalayan
Origin: Asia
Color: White and black, chocolate, lilac or blue points.
Fur: Short
Weight: 6 to 8 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The body of a Himalayan breed is long and narrow which goes the same with its own head. Its ears are short and well erect. What makes it interesting are its white colored body with a distinct color of its ears, nose, feet and tail.
5. Holland Lop
Origin: Holland
Color: It comes with many different colors
Fur: Short
Weight: 2 to 3 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
They have long lopped ears with a slight flattened head. According to some breeders, they have a prominent crowns which is formed by the ridge of cartilage in between their ears.
6. Jersey Wooly
Origin: United States
Color: They have many different colors
Fur: Long
Weight: 2.5 to 3.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Jersey Wooly is another breed with a short ears stays upright. The fur in its face are short and the rest of its body have long dense fur.
7. Lionhead
Origin: United States
Color: It comes with varied colors
Fur: Long
Weight: 2.5 to 3.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
A Lionhead has a well-rounded body with a long dense fur that measure about two to three inches. Most breeds today are those with an upright ears but there are some breeders who were trying to produce Lionheads with lopped type of ears.
8. Mini Plush Lop
Origin: United States
Color: Common breeds have dark or dirty brown color
Fur: Rex (It means that they have genetic fur mutation)
Weight: 3 to 4 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Mini Plush Lop is an interbreed combination of the Mini rex, Mini Lop and Holland Lop. Thus, most of its physical features are the same as those breed where it came from.
9. Mini Rex
Origin: England
Color: They have many different colors
Fur: Rex
Weight: 3 to 4 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
A Mini Rex has a compact narrow shoulders with a short upright ears.
10. Mini Satin
Origin: Unknown
Color: Common breeds have orange color
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
This type of breed is still under the process of being develop. Professional rabbit breeders in the USA are actually trying to bred Mini Satin to maintain its small size while achieving a body that weighs 8 to 10 pounds.
11. Netherland Dwarf
Origin: Netherlands
Color: It has different colors
Fur: Short
Weight: 1 to 3.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Just like the other small sized rabbits, Netherland Dwarf possess a compact and rounded bodies. What makes them distinct from the other breeds are their large heads and short necks. Their ears are short and well erect as well.
12. Polish
Origin: France
Color: They vary in color
Fur: Rex
Weight: 6 to 10 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Polish is another breed that comes in small size. Their bodies are compact with a short thick upright ears. What makes them stand-out among the other type of breeds are their splotches of colors (black, blue, chocolate and etc...) with a white background.
13. Dutch
Origin: England
Color: Black, Blue, Chocolate, Grey, Steel, Tortoise with a white band that goes around the shoulder and they often have a white nose and white paws.
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Dutch has a compact build with a rounded hindquarters. Its ears are genetically large and its amazing that it stays upright.
14. English Angora
Origin: France
Color: A breed with varied colors
Fur: Long
Weight: 5 to 8 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
An English Angora breed has a very thick wool covering almost its entire body which is best describe by most individuals as a large fuzz-ball.
15. Florida White
Origin: United States
Color: White
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 6 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Florida White breeds of rabbits comes with their short rounded bodies and rounded heads. Their ears are slightly short and erect but what makes them interesting are their ruby or pink colored eyes.
16. Havana
Origin: Netherlands
Color: Chocolate, Blue, Black and Lilac
Fur: Short
Weight: 4.5 to 6.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The head of a Havanna breed is narrow and they have short body. Their shoulders are slightly wide which goes the same on their hind-quarters. The size of their ears are medium-long and it stays upright.
17. Mini Lop
Origin: Germany
Color: It has been breed in many different colors
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Mini Lop's ears are lopped that it amazingly forms a crown resembling like the shape of a horseshoe. Its body is massively thick but has short neck.
18. Silver
Origin: Unknown
Color: Black or brown with white thick silver color
Fur: Short
Weight: 5 to 7 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The body of a Silver breed is relatively long. It has a narrow head with long erect ears.
19. Standard Chinchilla
Origin: France
Color: Chinchilla
Fur: Short
Weight: 5 to 7 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
A Standard Chinchilla breed doesn't mean that they had been interbreed with the rodent - Chinchilla. Its physical appearance are compact chubby-looking body, long erect ears and a fur with three layers of different colors.
20. Tan
Origin: England
Color: Black, Blue, Chocolate and Lilac
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 6 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The body of a Tan breed is narrow and thin. Its ears are large but it stays erect. The reason why they were called as 'Tan' was due to the reason that they have tan colors on their belly, chest, flanks, front legs, hind legs and underside of their tails.
21. Velveteen Lop
Origin: Unknown
Color: They are being bred in several colors
Fur: Rex
Weight: 5 to 6.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The body of a Velveteen Lop is like a mandolin-shape wherein they have full and well rounded chest. What will surely attract your attention are their long lopped ears that measures 14 inches tip-to-tip.
To know more about small-sized rabbit pets, watch and listen to what the expert has to say about how to take care of them properly on this YouTube video.
Do you know any other types of bunnies that stay small in size? If you do then please share them on the comment form provided below.
1. American Fuzzy Lop
Origin: United States
Color: They come in different colors
Fur: They have long furs in which they were bred to provide wool
Weight: 3 to 4 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Many people describe this small sized rabbit as a flatted bulldog face. Its both ears are lopped the reason why it has been called a 'fuzzy lop.
Grooming:
If you intend to choose an American Fuzzy Lop as your pet then you have to know that it will require extensive care for their daily grooming. You will be spending most of your time brushing its long furs to maintain it clean. Its diet must also be closely observe.
Organization: Recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA)
2. Britannia Petite
Origin: England
Color: Black, Black Otter, Chestnut, Sable, Marten, Red-Eyed White
Fur: Short
Weight: 1.5 to 2.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
They have relatively short ears that the bunnies can straighten them up to improve their hearing. Their heads are also narrow consisting of cheeks and bold eyes.
Grooming:
Britannia Petite are best recommended for experienced rabbit breeders because they can be fragile. Actually, their delicate arched body is the most serious part that needs to be handled carefully.
3. Dwarf Hotot
Origin: Germany
Color: White body and black that surrounds the eyes
Fur: Short
Weight: 2 to 3 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
They have short ears that always stays upright. Their bodies are compact and rounded. The most interesting part is the black eyeliner around their eyes like make-up.
4. Himalayan
Origin: Asia
Color: White and black, chocolate, lilac or blue points.
Fur: Short
Weight: 6 to 8 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The body of a Himalayan breed is long and narrow which goes the same with its own head. Its ears are short and well erect. What makes it interesting are its white colored body with a distinct color of its ears, nose, feet and tail.
5. Holland Lop
Origin: Holland
Color: It comes with many different colors
Fur: Short
Weight: 2 to 3 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
They have long lopped ears with a slight flattened head. According to some breeders, they have a prominent crowns which is formed by the ridge of cartilage in between their ears.
6. Jersey Wooly
Origin: United States
Color: They have many different colors
Fur: Long
Weight: 2.5 to 3.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Jersey Wooly is another breed with a short ears stays upright. The fur in its face are short and the rest of its body have long dense fur.
7. Lionhead
Origin: United States
Color: It comes with varied colors
Fur: Long
Weight: 2.5 to 3.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
A Lionhead has a well-rounded body with a long dense fur that measure about two to three inches. Most breeds today are those with an upright ears but there are some breeders who were trying to produce Lionheads with lopped type of ears.
8. Mini Plush Lop
Origin: United States
Color: Common breeds have dark or dirty brown color
Fur: Rex (It means that they have genetic fur mutation)
Weight: 3 to 4 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Mini Plush Lop is an interbreed combination of the Mini rex, Mini Lop and Holland Lop. Thus, most of its physical features are the same as those breed where it came from.
9. Mini Rex
Origin: England
Color: They have many different colors
Fur: Rex
Weight: 3 to 4 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
A Mini Rex has a compact narrow shoulders with a short upright ears.
10. Mini Satin
Origin: Unknown
Color: Common breeds have orange color
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
This type of breed is still under the process of being develop. Professional rabbit breeders in the USA are actually trying to bred Mini Satin to maintain its small size while achieving a body that weighs 8 to 10 pounds.
11. Netherland Dwarf
Origin: Netherlands
Color: It has different colors
Fur: Short
Weight: 1 to 3.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Just like the other small sized rabbits, Netherland Dwarf possess a compact and rounded bodies. What makes them distinct from the other breeds are their large heads and short necks. Their ears are short and well erect as well.
12. Polish
Origin: France
Color: They vary in color
Fur: Rex
Weight: 6 to 10 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Polish is another breed that comes in small size. Their bodies are compact with a short thick upright ears. What makes them stand-out among the other type of breeds are their splotches of colors (black, blue, chocolate and etc...) with a white background.
13. Dutch
Origin: England
Color: Black, Blue, Chocolate, Grey, Steel, Tortoise with a white band that goes around the shoulder and they often have a white nose and white paws.
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Dutch has a compact build with a rounded hindquarters. Its ears are genetically large and its amazing that it stays upright.
14. English Angora
Origin: France
Color: A breed with varied colors
Fur: Long
Weight: 5 to 8 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
An English Angora breed has a very thick wool covering almost its entire body which is best describe by most individuals as a large fuzz-ball.
15. Florida White
Origin: United States
Color: White
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 6 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Florida White breeds of rabbits comes with their short rounded bodies and rounded heads. Their ears are slightly short and erect but what makes them interesting are their ruby or pink colored eyes.
16. Havana
Origin: Netherlands
Color: Chocolate, Blue, Black and Lilac
Fur: Short
Weight: 4.5 to 6.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The head of a Havanna breed is narrow and they have short body. Their shoulders are slightly wide which goes the same on their hind-quarters. The size of their ears are medium-long and it stays upright.
17. Mini Lop
Origin: Germany
Color: It has been breed in many different colors
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
Mini Lop's ears are lopped that it amazingly forms a crown resembling like the shape of a horseshoe. Its body is massively thick but has short neck.
18. Silver
Origin: Unknown
Color: Black or brown with white thick silver color
Fur: Short
Weight: 5 to 7 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The body of a Silver breed is relatively long. It has a narrow head with long erect ears.
19. Standard Chinchilla
Origin: France
Color: Chinchilla
Fur: Short
Weight: 5 to 7 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
A Standard Chinchilla breed doesn't mean that they had been interbreed with the rodent - Chinchilla. Its physical appearance are compact chubby-looking body, long erect ears and a fur with three layers of different colors.
20. Tan
Origin: England
Color: Black, Blue, Chocolate and Lilac
Fur: Short
Weight: 4 to 6 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The body of a Tan breed is narrow and thin. Its ears are large but it stays erect. The reason why they were called as 'Tan' was due to the reason that they have tan colors on their belly, chest, flanks, front legs, hind legs and underside of their tails.
21. Velveteen Lop
Origin: Unknown
Color: They are being bred in several colors
Fur: Rex
Weight: 5 to 6.5 pounds
Physical Characteristics:
The body of a Velveteen Lop is like a mandolin-shape wherein they have full and well rounded chest. What will surely attract your attention are their long lopped ears that measures 14 inches tip-to-tip.
To know more about small-sized rabbit pets, watch and listen to what the expert has to say about how to take care of them properly on this YouTube video.
Do you know any other types of bunnies that stay small in size? If you do then please share them on the comment form provided below.
2 comments:
I love taking care of small bunnies as pet its because they are a lot easier to carry. I actually own a mini lop and I carry it along with me when I go to school.
Its nice to know that you have a well behave rabbit pet that you can take along with you on school.
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