Medium Rabbit Breeds: (Mature weight between 6 and 10 1/2 pounds)


American Sable Rabbit

    American Sable:

  • Weight: 7 - 10 pounds.
  • Body Type: Nose, ears, feet, and tail very fark brown, body a sepia color. Body is medium long and full, head narrow, and ears long and erected.
Belgian Hare Rabbit

    Belgian Hare:

  • Weight: 6 - 9 1/2 pounds.
  • Body Type: This rannit has a lean racy body that looks more like a hare's than a rabbit's. Large upright ears.
  • Special Care: Some rabbit owners claim it is more prone to bone fractures if mishanddled, due to the bosy type.
California Rabbit

    California:

  • Weight: 8 - 10 1/2 pounds.
  • Body Type: White with black ears, nose, feet, and tail. Full-bodied with medium-length upright ears.
English Spot Rabbit

    English Spot:

  • Weight: 6 - 8 pounds.
  • Body Type: Racy body, long erect ears. Butterfly mark on nose, check spots, line down the back, and side spots are colored, body is white.
  • Special Care: Some people claim it has a rather nervous temperment.
French Angora Rabbit

    French Angora:

  • Weight: 7 1/2 to 10 1/2 pounds.
  • Body Type: Medium long rounded body, ears long and erect. Face, ears, and front feet have short fur; rest of body has very long wool. Many different colors have been bred.
  • Special Care: This rabbit must be fed a special diet and carefully groomed every day.
Giant Rabbit

    Giant:

  • Weight: 8 1/2 to 9 1/2 pounds.
  • Body Type: These rabbits are white with ruby eyes. Compact and rounded with long wool on entire body, including tail, feet and upright ears. This rabbit has the most wool of any, because of a dense undercoat.
  • Special Care: It requres extensive daily grooming and a special high-protein diet.
Harlequin Rabbit

    Harlequin:

  • Weight: 7 to 9 1/2 pounds.
  • Body Type: This striking rabbit originated in France. Th body is banded with two colors, and the head is also two colors. It has a medium-length body with rounded hindquarters, a rounded head, and long, upright ears.
Hotol Rabbit

    Hotot:

  • Weight: 8 - 11 pounds.
  • Body Type: Like the Drarf Hotot this rabbit is white with black ringing the eye. Body is rounded and thick, head is narrow, ears are medium-long and upright.
Lilac Rabbit

    Lilac:

  • Weight: 5 3/4 to right pounds.
  • Body Type: This rabbit is dove-gray with a pinkish tint. It has a medium-sized body with a somewhat narrow head and medium-long erect ears.
Palomino Rabbit

    Palomino:

  • Weight: 8 - 10 1/2 pounds.
  • Body Type: This rabbit has beautiful fur of a golden or lynx color. Body meduim-length, ears medium-long and upright.
Rex Rabbit

    Rex:

  • Weight: 7 1/2 to 10 1/2 pounds.
  • Body Type: Medium-sized, well-rounded body with large erect ears. COats is as with Mini Rex looking and feeling like plush velvet.
Rhinelander Rabbit

    Rhinelander:

  • Weight: 6 3/4 to 10 pounds.
  • Body Type: This is a tricolored rabbit with with spots of black and orange. It has a rather racy body with a narrow head and long upright ears.
Satin Rabbit Breeds

    Satin:

  • Weight: 8 to 10 1/2 pounds.
  • Body Type: The coat of this rabbit is dense, soft, and has a sheen to it. It has been bred in many colors. The body is medium-long and erect.
Stain Angora Rabbit Breeds

    Stain Angora:

  • Weight: 6 1/2 - 9 pounds.
  • Body Type: This rabbit has long, fine, glossy-appearing wool covering all it's body but the head and the upright ears.
  • Special Care: It requires extra grooming and a special diet.
Silver Marten Rabbit Breeds

    Silver Marten:

  • Weight: 6 1/2 - 9 1/2 pounds.
  • Body Type: Black, blue, chocolate, or sable fur with chest, shoulders, flanks, hindquarters and limbs dotted with long white-tapped guard hairs. Body is medium-sized and well-rounded, ears long and erect.