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.