Lop-Eared RabbitsAmong these five breeds of lop-eared rabbits, just about the only thing they have in common are their lopped ears. Check them out...Sponsored Links American Fuzzy Lop  Talk about a cute little fuzz-ball! The Fuzzy Lop is based on the Holland Lop. If the little guy weighs more than 4 pounds, he’s too big. They come in broken and solid varieties. Fuzzy lops have lop-ears, thick feet pads, and thick body wool that is at least 2 inches long. They make great pets and show animals, as long as the owner has time for grooming the fuzzy lop's wool. Yes, in a fuzzy lop, the fur is called wool.
Holland Lops are cute as buttons, but how about lop-eared rabbits whose amazing ears just don't quit...? English Lop The English Lop is a giant breed of sorts, weighing in at 9 pounds plus, and having no maximum weight. English Lops come in lots of colors and broken varieties. English Lops have enormously long ears! They hang lop-eared, very wide and at least 21 inches tip to tip! Surely there’s some housing tricks to keeping those gigantic ears clean and not lacerated...!
Everything about a French Lop is solid and hefty. Their ears are lopped, tipping just to the table. Not all French Lops grow to prodigious weights, but this French Lop did. Now here's a massive rabbit. The world record-holder for world's largest rabbit is currently Humphrey, pictured in this second picture. He's an 'expatriated' French Lop living in Scotland, who weighs in at 28 pounds and 42 inches long! At 18 months old in the picture, his owner says he's still growing.
Back in the 1930’s and 40’s when both breeds were developing, a difference of opinion arose about how much they should weigh. World War II intervened. When the dust settled, the world discovered two similar breeds with very different weights. Mini Lops weigh up to 6 1/2 pounds instead of the maximum of 4 pounds set for Holland Lops. The word ‘massive’ describes Mini Lops as it does French Lops, but on a smaller scale. There should be nothing ‘narrow’ about this breed. As with the other lop breeds, Mini Lops can be found in a multitude of solid and broken varieties.
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