European rabbit
Scientific name: Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overview
The European rabbit or coney is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and southwestern France. It has been introduced to hundreds of locations around the world. Wild and domesticated European rabbits around the world can vary widely in size, shape, and colour. The average adult European rabbit is smaller than the European hare, though size and weight vary with habitat and diet.
From the Wikipedia article “European rabbit”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Africa; Australia; Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China); North America; Oceania; South America.
Common names
Also known in English as Old World Rabbit, Rabbit, Wild Rabbit.
Names in other languages (12)
- Arabic
- أرنب أوروبي
- Bengali
- ইউরোপীয় খরগোশ
- Chinese
- 穴兔
- French
- Lapin de garenne, lapin, lapin de garenne
- German
- Altweltliches Wildkaninchen, Europäisches Wildkaninchen, Wildkaninchen
- Japanese
- アナウサギ
- Persian
- خرگوشک اروپایی
- Portuguese
- Coelho-europeu
- Russian
- Дикий кролик
- Spanish
- Conejo, Poponejo
- Turkish
- Avrupa ada tavşanı
- Urdu
- یورپی خرگوش
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q25851, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “European rabbit”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Carlosblh, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026