RABBIT BREEDS IN AUSTRALIA AND THEIR COLOURS

Note: We have not been allowed import rabbits (except from New Zealand) since the late 1990s. Some breeds have been allowed to die out (we used to have Beverens and Silvers, for example). Others we never had at all. So you will not find examples of Belgian Hares, Lionheads, Lionhead Lops, Continental Giants, Meissner Lops, English Lops, Giant Papillons, Rhinelanders, Hulstlanders, Golden Glavcots, etc. etc.)

ANGORA

(Kalisto, 9 weeks, owned by Rebecca Russell)

(Kalisto, adult, owned by Rebecca Russell)

BRITISH GIANT

Brown Grey buck (Yokozuna owned by Nikki White)

CASHMERE LOPS

Beige doe (Chloe owned by Rebecca Russell)

Beige doe (Chloe owned by Rebecca Russell)

Blue Butterfly doe (Paris, owned by Rebecca Russell)

Blue Butterfly doe (Paris, owned by Rebecca Russell)

Siamese Smoke Butterfly kitten (owned by Christine Carter)

DUTCH

Black Dutch buck (Maximus owned by Nikki White)

Chocolate Dutch doe (Hershey owned by Debbie Solomon)

Tri-colour Dutch kitten (Tigger owned by Susan Batho)

DWARF LOP

Blue Fox doe (Vienna, Junior, owned by Rebecca Russell)

Blue Fox doe (Vienna, Junior, owned by Rebecca Russell)

MINI CASHMERE

Black Otter doe (Marzipan owned by Christine Carter)

Opal buck kitten (Hotshot owned by Christine Carter)

Sooty Fawn buck (Humbug owned by Christine Carter)

MINI LOP

Agouti and Agouti Butterfly kittens (owned by Christine Carter)

Black Butterfly doe (Mindi owned by Christine Carter)

Blue doe (Eve owned by Rebecca Russell)

Blue doe (Eve owned by Rebecca Russell)

Blue Point buck (Fuji, owned by John and Sue Sowden)

Blue Point kitten (Portia owned by Christine Carter)

Brown buck (Geronimo owned by Christine Carter)

Opal Doe (Possum owned by Christine Carter)

Sable (dark) kitten (owned by Christine Carter)

Seal Point buck (Little Foot owned by Christine Carter)

Seal Point buck with darker points (Peter Pan owned by Christine Carter)

Seal Point buck with darker shadings (Bonzai owned by John & Sue Sowden)

Siamese Sable kitten (unnamed offspring of Muffin, owned by Christine Carter)

Siamese Smoke Pearl (lighter) doe (Mia owned by Christine Carter)

Siamese Smoke Pearl (darker) buck (Hudson owned by Christine Carter)

Sooty-Fawn junior doe (Gidget owned by Christine Carter)

Sooty Fawn doe (Sunshine owned by Christine Carter)

MINI REX

Black Otter doe (Nazara owned by Angela Nicoli)

Chinchilla (Vieri owned by Angela Nicoli)

NETHERLAND DWARF

Black Otter buck (Merula, owned by Nikki White)

Blue Otter buck (Blue owned by Nikki White)

Chocolate buck (Cino owned by Angela Nicoli)

Chocolate Otter buck (Winsome owned by Debbie Sletten)

Cinnamon doe (Amilia owned by Angela Nicoli)

Lilac buck (Comet owned by Debbie Sletten)

Orange buck (Cinnamon owned by Angela Nicoli)

Siamese Sable buck (Bisket owned by Heather Boreham)

Silver Fox Netherland Dwarf (Winston owned by Jodi Macdonald)

REX

Chocolate buck (Coco owned by Arthur and Sarah Read)

Orange buck (Aurelius owned by Nikki White)

 

TAN

Black Tan doe (Licorice owned by Katherine Adams)

Chocolate Tan buck (Cocoa owned by Katherine Adams

Chocolate Tan on back, showing belly colour (Cocoa owned by Katherine Adams)

 

 

All photos courtesy of Christine Carter, except for those rabbits owned by Rebecca Russell and Debbie Solomon’s Chocolate Dutch. The owners took these themselves.

Please feel free to add your pictures (purebred rabbits only and breeds available in Australia, please). Email me at reguli@netspeed.com.au