Amami Rabbit
Pentalagus furnessi
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 99
- Most observed in
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Amami rabbit”.