Amami rabbit

Also known as Pentalagus furnessi

species of mammal

Species

Endangered

二名法 Pentalagus furnessi(Stone, 1900) 琉球兔（學名Pentalagus furnessi），又名奄美短耳兔，是一種只分佈奄美大島及德之島的原始兔。牠們是亞洲大陸古代兔的遺族，故被稱為活化石。琉球兔的腳很短，身體粗壯，爪大及彎曲，是夜間活動的。牠們的耳朵比其他的兔或野兔明顯的短小。牠們棲息在森林，每胎只會生一隻幼兔。母兔會在地上挖穴供幼兔在日間躲藏。於晚上，母兔會打開穴的入口餵養幼兔，期後就會以植物或塵埃遮蓋穴。牠們日間會在隱蔽的地方睡覺。牠們也會發出叫聲，叫聲有點像鼠兔。琉球兔因獵殺死而瀕危，日本遂於1921年立法保護牠們。不過牠們仍受到伐林、被狗及貓等殺死、並人類干擾等威脅。島上居民用來殺死毒蛇的獴科也大量殺死琉球兔。伐林對牠們有很大的傷害，尤其是牠們是日間睡覺的，很多時會連同伐林一同被殺死。參考 ^ Hoffmann, Robert S.; Andrew T. Smith. Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds), 编. Mammal Species of the World 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005-11-16: 206. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 引文使用过时参数coauthors (帮助) 引文格式1维护：冗余文本 (link) ^ Pentalagus furnessi. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1996. 外部連結维基物种中的分类信息：琉球兔维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源：琉球兔 ARKive 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=琉球兔&oldid=50076023” 分类： IUCN瀕危物種兔科日本動物琉球群島動物活化石哺乳類天然紀念物隐藏分类：含有过时参数的引用的页面引文格式1维护：冗余文本 CS1含有外文文本使用ISBN魔术链接的页面 TaxoboxLatinName 本地相关图片与维基数据相同

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taxon name: Pentalagus furnessi
Commons category: Pentalagus furnessi
taxon common name: アマミノクロウサギ
short name: P. furnessi

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The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit, is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is found only on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima, two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa 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 Japanese islands where they live today.

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