Amami rabbit
species of mammal
The Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi; Amami: ʔosagi) also known as the Ryukyu Rabbit, is a primitive dark-furred rabbit which is only found in Amami Ōshima and Toku-no-Shima, two small islands in between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. Often called a living fossil, the Amami Rabbit is a living remnant of ancient rabbits that once lived on the Asian mainland, where they died out, remaining only on the two small islands where they survive today.
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| Genus: | Pentalagus Lyon, 1904
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| Pentalagus furnessi (Stone, 1900)
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Wikispecies has information on: Pentalagus furnessi.
