Rabbits are born with different face shapes, ears, coats, types of fur and different sizes. These characteristics make up the distinguishing breeds of rabbits. Rabbits may have heads that are narrow and pointed or broad and flat. Some types of rabbits have ears that stick up in the air. Their ears can be long or short. Other rabbits have large, floppy ears that gets close to the ground, like the flop-eared rabbit. As for size, wild rabbits are all about the same size, but pet rabbits can be tiny or very large. A rabbit’s coat can be speckled or all one color. Their fur can be white, black, gray, or brown. Some rabbits have patches, spots, or stripes of different colors. Finally, rabbits are distinguished according to their different types of fur. Rabbits can have soft fur or velvety fur or long, fine fur.

List of Rabbit Breeds:

This is an incomplete list. It may never be fully completed or,
depending on its nature, it may be that it can never be complete.

Alaska Angora Argente Beveren British Giant Californian Chinchilla Dutch English Spot Flemish Giant Fox Harlequin Havana Himalayan Lilac Lionhead Lop Netherland Dwarf

New Zealand Palomino Polish Rex Rhinelander Sable Satin Siberian Silver Silver Fox Smoke Pearl Sussex Swiss Fox Tan Thuringer Vienna

Here is a description of some of the more popular breeds of rabbits:

Californian

The color is all white with black, chocolate, blue or lilac nose, ears feet and tail.


Chinchilla

The under color of the fur should be slate blue at
the base, the middle portion pearl grey, merging into white and
tipped with black.


Dutch
Small rabbit with colorings consisting of a white stripe below
the neck, a white nose and one other color (usually black, brown
or grey) on the eyes, ears and below the stripe.

Netherland Dwarf

This breed is one of the smallest and is widely considered one of the cutest. It is bred in a wide
variety of colors and patterns. Though it was originally of foul temper when it was first imported from the Netherlands, it is now a gentle but energetic rabbit breed. It is the breed of rabbit most commonly kept as a pet.


New Zealand
New Zealand rabbits are available in three colors: white, red, and black. The Red has bright golden red fur with a slightly harsher coat than the other colors. White is the most common color and was first bred in the USA for commercial purposes.

Siberian
Weighing between 5-7 pounds, the Siberian Rabbit .is a very graceful rabbit with an attractive coat, colored black, blue, brown or lilac.


Silver
Weighing around 4-5 pounds, with silver specks of fur spot this rabbit's body. The colors of this rabbit are black (Silver Gray), blue (Silver Blue), fawn (Silver Fawn), and brown (Silver Brown.)
All of which include silver hairs.


Silver Fox
Weighing 5-7 pounds, four color varieties are available in this breed: black, blue, lilac, and chocolate. Longer white hairs should be ticked across the body.