Rabbits
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Rabbits
- Here are entered works on the domestic rabbit. Works on the family of hares and rabbits are entered under [Leporidae.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110203
- info:lc/authorities/sh85110203
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85110203#concept
Instance Of
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Variants
- Domestic rabbit
- Rabbit, Domestic
- Rabbits as pets
Use For
Broader Terms
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Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Rabbits as pets
Sources
- found: Animal diversity Web, via WWW, Apr. 30, 2002 (Oryctolagus cuniculus, Domestic Rabbit; Oryctolagus cuniculus, the European, Old World, or Domestic rabbit, is the only species in its genus)
- found: Walker's Mammals of the World, 1999: v. 2, p. 1729 (Genus Oryctolagus. The single species, O. cuniculus, apparently was confined to the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France ... Through human agency wild populations now occur across much of Europe, in northwestern Africa, and in many other parts of the world. The species has also been extensively domesticated.)
- found: New encyc. of mammals, 2001: p. 703 (European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. All strains of domesticated rabbit derived from this species.)
LC Classification
- QL737.L32
- SF451-SF455
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the domestic rabbit. Works on the family of hares and rabbits are entered under [Leporidae.]
Example Notes
- Example under [Small animal culture]
- Note under [Leporidae]
Change Notes
- 2003-07-21: new
- 2003-09-05: revised
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