All Rabbit Breeds
This catalog of rabbit breeds lists all
rabbit breeds recognized in the USA, i ncluding a brief description and a link
to the breed's national organization (if available).
If the rabbit breed title is a link , you can follow it to our short rabbit breed information
page with photo.
Or, purchase our complete Domestic Rabbit
Breeds e-book here or below.
The American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) is the national rabbit organization that recognizes these rabbit breeds.
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RABBIT BREEDS: A
Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds Type: Semi-arch (mandolin) Color: Blue, White Distinctive: Old American meat breed; breed has
been identified as critically endangered Contact: Breeders of the American Rabbit
American Fuzzy Lop
Senior
Weight: 3 1/2 - 3 3/4 pounds Type: Compact and short Colors: Agouti, broken, pointed white, self,
shaded and wide band Distinctive: A lop-eared rabbit resembling the
Mini Lop, but smaller, and with wool that is at least 2 inches long. National Club: American Fuzzy Lop Rabbit Club
Senior Weight: 7 - 10 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Shaded sepia brown, very dark on face and
points, and lighter across body. Distinctive: Color National Club: American Sable Rabbit Society
Senior Weight: 5 - 7 ½ pounds Type: Compact Color: Many. Regardless of color, wool colors are
very pale due to dilution of pigment. Distinctive: Its fine soft wool up to 5+ inches
long. All areas of rabbit covered in
wool, except for the immediate face. National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders
Club
Senior Weight: 7 ½ - 10 ½ pounds. Type: Commercial Uses: 1) wool, 2) meat Color: Many. Regardless of color, wool colors are
very pale due to dilution of pigment. Distinctive: Wool is 3.5 - 4.5 inches long. Head and ears are not wooled (no furnishings). National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders
Club
Senior Weight: 9 ½ pounds and over. (No maximum weight given.) Type: Commercial Color: Ruby-Eyed-White (Albino) Distinctive: Giant size, wooled, ears tasseled
with wool. National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders
Club
Senior Weight: 6 ½ - 9 ½ pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Many. Regardless of color, wool colors are
very pale due to dilution of pigment. Distinctive: Wool is fine, soft and silky,
carrying the sheen of a satinized wool shaft. Sheen is evident over the entire
body, including head and ears, which are not heavily wooled. National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders
Club
Argente Brun
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RABBIT BREEDS: B
(Belgian Hare Photo Credit: BelgianHares.org.uk - Thank you)
Senior Weight: 6 - 9 ½ pounds Type: Fully arched Color: Brilliant, rich, deep red, of a tan or
chestnut shade. Distinctive: Arched and racy, hare-like in
appearance. National Club: Belgian Hare Club
Senior Weight: 8 - 12 pounds Type: Mandolin Color: Black, blue and white Distinctive: Its mandolin shape on a large body
suitable for meat production. National Club: American Beveren Rabbit Club
Senior Weight: 8 - 11 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Entirely frosty white, except for an 1/8
inch black "eyeband" around brown eyes. Distinctive: Eye markings. National Club: Hotot Rabbit
Breeders International
Britannia Petite
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RABBIT BREEDS: C
Senior Weight: 8 - 10 ½ pounds Type: Commercial Color: White, with black at the points (nose,
ears, feet and tail). Eyes are red. Distinctive: Himalayan markings in a commercial
rabbit National Club: Californian Rabbit Specialty
Club
Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Bluish white, with interspersed jet black
hairs, giving an old silver effect. Distinctive: Its color. National Club: Champagne d’Argent Rabbit Federation
Checkered Giant
Senior Weight: 11 - 12 pounds
minimum (no maximum weight) Type: Arched Color: White with black spots and spine stripe;
white with blue spots and spine stripe Distinctive: Large size, body type and spots. National Club: American
Checkered Giant Rabbit Club
(American Chinchilla Photo Credit: Hobbit Hole Farm (Oklahoma) - Thank you)
Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Resembling the chinchilla - black and white
banded hair shafts Distinctive: Color and size. This breed is recognized as critically
endangered. Contact: American Chinchilla Rabbit Breeders Association
(Giant Chinchilla Photo Credit: Jan Hoadley at Slow Money Farm (AL) - Thank you)
Senior Weight: 12 - 16 pounds Type: Large Commercial Color: Resembling the chinchilla - black and white banded hair shafts Distinctive: Color and size Contact: http://www.giantchinchillarabbit.com/
Cinnamon
Senior Weight: 8 ½ - 11 pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Rusty or cinnamon, with uniform smoke
gray ticking across the back Distinctive: Color National Club: Cinnamon Rabbit Breeders Association
Crème D’Argent
Senior Weight: 8 - 11 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Creamy white with a bright orange cast due
to orange undercolor Distinctive: Color National Club: Creme d'Argent Federation
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RABBIT BREEDS: D
Senior Weight: 3 ½ - 5 ½ pounds Type: Compact Color: Black, blue, chocolate, gray, steel, chinchilla, tortoiseshell, with specific white markings Distinctive: Marking pattern National Club: American Dutch Rabbit Club
Dwarf Hotot
Senior Weight: Maximum weight = 3
pounds. Type: Compact Color: Pure white, except for a uniform band of
black around the eyes of the thickness of two pennies on edge. Eyes are brown. Distinctive: Eyebands and dwarf size. National Club: American
Dwarf Hotot Rabbit Club
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RABBIT BREEDS: E-F
Senior Weight: 5 - 8 pounds Type: Arched Color: White, with nose butterfly, eye circles,
ears, cheek spots, spine and side spots in these colors: black, blue chocolate,
gold, gray, lilac, tortoise. Distinctive: Carriage and markings National Club: American English Spot Rabbit
Club
(Pictured: Light gray Flemish Giant youngster is over 17 pounds)
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RABBIT BREEDS: G-I
Harlequin
Senior Weight: 6 1/2 - 9 1/2 pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Black, blue, chocolate and lilac in two
groups: Japanese (dark/orange), Magpie (dark/white). One ear black, the other
orange. Sides of face, chest and legs alternate colors, and back should have 5
or 6 alternating bands or bars. Distinctive: Alternating markings National Club: American Harlequin Rabbit Club
Senior Weight: 4 ½ - 6 ½ pounds. Type: Compact Color: Black, blue, chocolate, brokens Distinctive: Medium-small, vibrantly colored. National Club: Havana
Rabbit Breeders Association
Senior Weight: 2 ½ - 4 ½ pounds Type: Cylindrical Color: Pointed - Pure white except for the nose, ears, feet and tail,
which are black, blue, chocolate or lilac. Distinctive: Cylindrical shape National Club: American Himalayan Rabbit
Association
Senior Weight: Not over 4 pounds. Type: Compact, with head high Color: Agouti, broken, pointed white, self,
shaded, tan, ticked, wide band Distinctive: Small size and lopped ears. National Club: Holland Lop
Rabbit Specialty Club
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RABBIT BREEDS: J-L
Jersey Wooly
Senior Weight: Not over 3 ½ pounds. Type: Compact Color: Agouti, broken, AOV, self, shaded, tan Distinctive: Petite size and 3 inch wool National Club: National
Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club
Lilac
(The Lilac pictured won Best Reserve in Show at Monroe, WA,
on May 1, 2010)
Senior Weight: 3 3/4 pounds Type: Compact Color: Red-eyed-white, tortoiseshell (for now) Distinctive: Pattern of long wool around neck National Club: North American Lionhead Rabbit Club
Senior Weight: 9 pounds and over
(no maximum weight) Type: Semi-arched Color: Agouti, broken, self, shaded, ticked, wide
band Distinctive: Enormous lopped ears National Club: Lop Rabbit
Club of America
Senior Weight: 10 ½ pounds and over
(no maximum weight) Type: Commercial, massive Color: Agouti, broken, self, shaded, ticked, wide
band Distinctive: Massive size, lopped ears National Club: Lop Rabbit
Club of America
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RABBIT BREEDS: M
Senior Weight: 4 ½ - 6 ½ pounds Type: Compact Color: Agouti, broken, pointed white, self,
shaded, ticked, wide band Distinctive: Lopped ears, compact yet massive in
effect National Club: Mini Lop
Rabbit Club of America
Senior Weight: 3 - 4 ½ pounds Type: Commercial type in a little body Color: Black, blue, blue-eyed white, broken,
castor, chinchilla, chocolate, Himalayan, lilac, lynx, opal red, seal,
tortoise, red-eyed white Distinctive: Rex fur on petite body National Club: National
Mini Rex Rabbit Club
Senior Weight: 3 1/4 - 4 3/4 pounds Type: Commercial in petite package Color: Ruby-eyed white, chinchilla, opal, red, black, chocolate, otter, siamese Distinctive: Satin fur National Club: American
Satin Rabbit Breeders Association
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RABBIT BREEDS: N
Senior Weight: Not over 2 ½ pounds Type: CompactColor: Agouti, self, shaded, tan pattern, any
other varieties Distinctive: Tiny round size, short ears, many
color varieties National Club: American
Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Club
(New Zealand Rabbit photo credit: Silverwolf Rabbitry , WA - thank you)
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RABBIT BREEDS: O-P
Palomino
Senior Weight: Not over 3 ½ pounds Type: Compact Color: Black, blue, broken, chocolate, blue-eyed
white, ruby-eyed white Distinctive: Petite size National Club: American Polish Rabbit Club
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RABBIT BREEDS: R-S
Senior Weight: 7 ½ - 10 ½ pounds Type: Commercial Color: Amber, black, blue, broken, Californian,
castor, chinchilla, chocolate, lilac, lynx, opal, otter, red, sable, seal,
white (REW) Distinctive: Rex fur National Club: National
Rex Rabbit Club
Rhinelander
Senior
Weight: 6 ½ - 10 pounds Type: Arched Color: White with evenly distributed black and
orange markings on nose, eye circles, cheek spot, ears, spine, side spot and
tail Distinctive: Tri coloration, markings National Club: Rhinelander Rabbit Club of
America
Senior Weight: 8 ½ - 11 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Black, blue broken, Californian,
chinchilla, chocolate, copper, otter, red, Siamese, white Distinctive: Satinized hair shafts - finer
diameter and a more transparent hair shell resulting in brilliant colors and
enhanced sheen. National Club: American
Satin Rabbit Breeders Association
Silver
(Silver Rabbit photo credit: Silverwolf Rabbitry , WA - thank you)
Senior Weight: 4 - 7 pounds Type: Slight mandolin Color: Black, brown, fawn Distinctive: Even silvering over entire rabbit due
to silver-white hairs and hair-tips; considered a ‘rare’ breed National Club: National Silver Rabbit Club
Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Black which is ‘silvered’ (other varieties
in development) Distinctive: Long, evenly silvered fur, and is a
meat breed. Silver Fox breed is
recognized as critically endangered. National Club: National
Silver Fox Rabbit Club
Silver Marten
Senior Weight: 6 - 9 ½ pounds Type: Lighter commercial Color: Black, blue, chocolate, sable, in a tan
pattern (‘tan’ areas are white in this breed) Distinctive: Black and silver coloration, long
silvery guard hairs evenly distributed up sides of rabbit National Club: Silver
Marten Rabbit Club
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RABBIT BREEDS: T-Z
Senior Weight: 4 - 6 pounds Type: Arched Color: Black, blue, chocolate and lilac, with
fiery tan triangle, chest and belly Distinctive: Rich fiery tan and lustrous top
colors National Club: American Tan
Rabbit Specialty Club
Thrianta
Pronounced "Tree-AHNta" Senior
Weight: 4-6 pounds Type: Compact Color: A fiery, brilliant red with dark brown
eyes. The belly is a slightly lighter
shade of red. Distinctive: Its amazing, fiery red color. National Club: American
Thrianta Rabbit Breeders Association
Two additional breeds are found in the USA, though not recognized by the ARBA.
Click on their breed titles to learn more about these breeds:
Altex , a terminal sire commercial meat breed
German Angora , a commercial wool breed recognized by the International Association of German Angora Rabbit Breeders (IAGARB ).
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