What is Amami rabbit?
{{Taxobox | name = Amami Rabbit | status = EN | status_system = iucn2.3 | image = Amami rabbit Stuffed specimen.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Lagomorpha]] | familia = [[Leporidae]] | genus = '''''Pentalagus''''' | genus_authority = [[Marcus Ward Lyon|Lyon]], 1904 | speces = '''''P. furnessi''''' | binomial = ''Pentalagus furnessi'' | binomial_authority = ([[Witmer Stone|Stone]], 1900) | range_map = Amami Rabbit area.png | range_map_caption = Amami Rabbit range }} The '''Amami Rabbit''' (''Pentalagus furnessi''; [[Amami language|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|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. {{wikispecies|Pentalagus furnessi}} {{biology-stub}} [[category:Lagomorphs]] [[Category:Mammals of Japan]]