📸 PhotoPhoto: Wich’yanan (Jay) Limparungpatthanakij · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Amami Rabbit
Pentalagus furnessi (Amami Rabbit · アマミノクロウサギ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 About 85% of Amami Island's area is forested, and the rabbit can occasionally be spotted along forest roads at night.
- 💡 Its average weight of about 2.25 kg is slightly heavier than a 2 L bottle of water (Comparison).
- 💡 Its average body length of 45 cm is about 3/4 of a 60 cm ruler (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Amami Rabbit is a primitive rabbit living in the forests of Japan's Amami Islands, characterized by dark fur and short ears.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has thick dark brown to black fur, short ears measuring 45 mm, small eyes, and a short tail of 20–35 mm. Females are slightly larger.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It emerges from its burrow at night and travels up to about 200 m away to feed on grasses, ferns, and acorns. It is occasionally seen along forest roads, and its home range is about 1.3 ha for males and 1.0 ha for females.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (2016) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16559/45180151
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1001114
- • iucnredlist.org — 45180151
- • wikidata.org — Q687102
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Pentalagus furnessi 387708672.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Pentalagus furnessi
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Bongopete (photograph) · CC BY 4.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Nesolagus netscheri)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.