Oryctolagus cuniculus
European Rabbit at Franklin, ACT
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| Oryctolagus cuniculus | DonFletcher | 25 Sep 2025 | |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | CarbonAI | 18 Sep 2025 | |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | DonFletcher | 18 Sep 2025 | |
| Unverified | AndyRoo | 17 Sep 2025 |
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User's notes
GPSed. Mystery diggings by a mammal?
2 comments
18 Sep 2025
This looks like the start of a 'breeding stop' dug by a pregnant female rabbit. She is extremely careful to leave no sign and she blocks off the entrance when it is in use. This is how a rabbit warren begins. Sub-dominant does are ejected from the warren by dominant females when they become pregnant. The sub-dominant females must take the risk of starting a new warren with just one entrance and exit.
24 Sep 2025
Thanks Don. They were relatively shallow blind holes and no sign of rabbit droppings.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.144006-35.205147
- Altitude 612.0m
- Maps Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve
- Places Franklin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Mar 2022 11:11 AM Recorded on
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Species information
- Oryctolagus cuniculus Scientific name
- European Rabbit Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1909.02m Recorded at altitude
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