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MPennay wrote:
20 Oct 2025
The dark head and lighter body are a distinctive feature of this species

Chalinolobus gouldii
Mike wrote:
9 Oct 2025
Rabbit population is high. There are also fawn coloured rabbits.

Oryctolagus cuniculus
DonFletcher wrote:
9 Oct 2025
SOOO @Lisa.Jok what you are really saying, is that you want to claim a record for a new species, the Clancy Stager, (maybe Homo dolus) but you want me or someone else to risk embarrassment by putting it out there?

Vulpes vulpes
DonFletcher wrote:
9 Oct 2025
Or, given the location, this may be an escaped pet, or descended from a pet, with the colour having resulted from selective breeding.

Oryctolagus cuniculus
DonFletcher wrote:
9 Oct 2025
When there is a large population of rabbits in an area, the rare colour forms can be evident. When rabbit density is low, rare colour forms are unlikely to be detected, but they are still present. So if you see a rare colour form, it may be that you came across it by luck in a low density population. The popular sayings that unusual colour forms result from inbreeding and that rare colour forms prove rabbit density is high, are both likely to be myths imo.

Oryctolagus cuniculus
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