What is Rabbit?
{{Paraphyletic group | name = Rabbit | auto = yes | fossil_range = Late [[Eocene]] – [[Holocene]], {{Fossil range|53|0}} | image = Oryctolagus cuniculus Rcdo.jpg | image_alt = A small brown rabbit sat on the dirt in a forest. Its ears are small and alert and the tip of its nose, part of its chest and one of its feet are white. | image_caption = [[European rabbit]] (''Oryctolagus cuniculus'') | parent = Leporidae | subdivision_ranks = Included genera | subdivision = {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|{{plainlist| *''[[Pentalagus]]'' *''[[Bunolagus]]'' *''[[Nesolagus]]'' *''[[Romerolagus]]'' *''[[Brachylagus]]'' *''[[Sylvilagus]]'' *''[[European rabbit|Oryctolagus]]'' *''[[Poelagus]]'' }}}}}} '''Rabbits''' are [[mammal]]s of the order [[Lagomorpha]]. There are about fifty different [[species]] of rabbits and [[hare]]s. The [[order (biology)|order]] [[Lagomorpha]] is made of rabbits, [[pika]]s and hares. Rabbits can be found in many parts of the [[world]].<ref name=eircom>{{cite web|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~edrice/mammals/rabbit.htm|title=Irish Mammals – Rabbits|publisher=eircom.net|accessdate=2008-11-05}}</ref> They live in [[family|families]] and eat [[vegetable]]s and [[hay]]. In the wild, rabbits live in [[burrow]]s, that they dig themselves. A group of rabbits living together in a burrow is called a [[warren]]. Rabbits are famous for hopping and eating [[carrot]]s. A [[male]] rabbit is called a '''buck''', and a [[female]] is called a '''doe'''. A [[baby]] rabbit is called a '''kit''', which is short for kitten. Rabbits have a [[gestation period]] of around 31 days. The female can have up to 12-13 kits, very rarely litters as big as 18 and as small as one. When the doe gives birth her babies are collectively referred to as a litter. Some people have rabbits as [[pet]]s. Rabbits are also raised for their meat. Rabbits are of a different [[biological classification]] than hares. Since rabbits are prey [[animal]]s, they are careful in open spaces. If they sense danger, they freeze and watch. Rabbit [[w