I II III IV Name of Breed WILD AND SEMI-WILD RABBITS. Length of Skull. Length of Body from Incisors to Anus. Weight of whole Body. Capacity of Skull measured by Small Shot. inches inches lbs ozs grains 1 Wild Rabbit, Kent 3·15 17·4 3 5 972 2 Wild Rabbit, Shetland Islands 3·15 — — 979 3 Wild Rabbit, Ireland 3·15 — — 992 4 Domestic rabbit, run wild, Sandon 3·15 18·5 — 997 5 Wild, common variety, small specimen, Kent 2·96 17·0 2 14 875 6 Wild, fawn-coloured variety, Scotland 3·10 — — 918 7 Silver-grey, small specimen, Thetford warren 2·95 15·5 2 11 938 8 Feral rabbit, Porto Santo 2·83 — — 893 9 Feral rabbit, Porto Santo 2·85 — — 756 10 Feral Rabbit, Porto Santo 2·95 — — 835 Average of the three Porto Santo rabbits 2·88 — — 828 DOMESTIC RABBITS. 11 Himalayan 3·50 20·5 — 963 12 Moscow 3·25 17·0 3 8 803 13 Angora 3·50 19·5 3 1 697 14 Chinchilla 3·65 22·0 — 995 15 Large lop-eared 4·10 24·5 7 0 1065 16 Large lop-eared 4·10 25·0 7 13 1153 17 Large lop-eared 4·07 — — 1037 18 Large lop-eared 4·10 25·0 7 4 1208 19 Large lop-eared 4·30 — — 1232 20 Large lop-eared 4·25 — — 1124 21 Large hare-coloured 3·86 24·0 6 14 1131 22 Average of above seven large lop-eared rabbits 4·11 24·62 7 4 1136 23 Hare (_L. timidus_) English specimen 3·61 — 7 0 1315 24 Hare (_L. timidus_) German specimen 3·82 — 7 0 1415
WILD AND SEMI-WILD RABBITS. Capacity calculated according to Length of Skull relatively to that of No. 1. Difference between actual and calculated capacities of Skulls. Showing how much per cent. the Brain, by calculation according to the length of the Skull is too light or too heavy, relatively to the Brain of the Wild Rabbit No. 1. grains grains 1 Wild Rabbit, Kent — — 2 Wild Rabbit, Shetland Islands — — 2 per cent. too heavy in comparison with No. 1 3 Wild Rabbit, Ireland — — 4 Domestic rabbit, run wild, Sandon 5 Wild, common variety, small specimen, Kent 913 38 4 per cent. too light. 6 Wild, fawn-coloured variety, Scotland 950 32 3 per cent. too light. 7 Silver-grey, small specimen, Thetford warren 910 28 3 per cent. too heavy. 8 Feral rabbit, Porto Santo 873 20 2 per cent. too heavy. 9 Feral rabbit, Porto Santo 879 123 16 per cent. too light. 10 Feral Rabbit, Porto Santo 910 75 9 per cent. too light. Average of the three Porto Santo rabbits 888 60 7 per cent. too light. DOMESTIC RABBITS. 11 Himalayan 1080 117 12 per cent. too light. 12 Moscow 1002 199 24 per cent. too light. 13 Angora 1080 383 54 per cent. too light. 14 Chinchilla 1126 131 13 per cent. too light. 15 Large lop-eared 1265 200 18 per cent. too light. 16 Large lop-eared 1265 112 9 per cent. too light. 17 Large lop-eared 1255 218 21 per cent. too light. 18 Large lop-eared 1265 57 4 per cent. too light. 19 Large lop-eared 1326 94 7 per cent. too light. 20 Large lop-eared 1311 187 16 per cent. too light. 21 Large hare-coloured 1191 60 5 per cent. too light. 22 Average of above seven large lop-eared rabbits 1268 132 11 per cent. too light.