Bearded rabbit

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Belgian bearded rabbit

The Bearded Rabbit ( RÖK ), Belgian Bearded Rabbit ( BDK ) or Ghent Bearded Rabbit ( ZDRK ) is a very rare breed of rabbit originally from France .

features

The bearded rabbit differs from other domestic rabbit breeds in that it has a mane that extends from the shoulders over the flanks to the tail (flower) and consists of longer hairs, which are similar in structure to the fur of the Angora rabbits . Young, thoroughbred rabbits have the longest whiskers at around 7 cm. The pelvic hair disappears partially or even completely in older animals, the head hair (beard) usually remains. An incompletely dominant inheritance is postulated for the inheritance of the trait. Another striking feature are the wide ears . Ears 12.5 to 14 cm long and 8.5 cm wide are ideal. These prominent ears emphasize the strong head. The fur is gray, besides hare and wild gray animals there are also iron and dark gray ones. The flanks, the long hair and the beard on the head are darker, the belly is lighter. The flower is approx. 12 cm long. The physique is good and strong with a length of 40 cm and a broad back. Adult animals weigh about 5.5 kg.

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History of the breed

The bearded rabbit has been bred as a rabbit breed several times . In the likely country of origin, France, it is known as the "lion rabbit" ("Lapin Lion"). During an exhibition in Ghent (Belgium) in 1962/63 an attempt was made to introduce the bearded rabbit imported from France under the name "Gentse Baarden" ("Ghent bearded rabbit") as a new breed, but it was not recognized as a breed.

The first animals came to Germany in the early 1990s. Today the animal, now known as the "Belgian Bearded Rabbit", is bred by around 120 breeders in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria and Switzerland. The breed was founded in 2005 by the Association of German Rabbit Breeders. V. (BDK) recognized. It can be shown at all BDK shows, since 2008 with point evaluation. Günter Rauscher from Wang (Lower Austria) brought the bearded rabbit to Austria at the beginning of 2003 and continued to breed it there. In Austria this breed has been recognized under the name "Bearded Rabbit" since the 2009 show season. Since June 2011, the bearded rabbit has been approved for new breeding in the Central Association of German Race Rabbit Breeders (ZDRK) under the name "Genter Bearded Rabbit" and will be shown at the federal exhibitions from autumn 2011. The bearded rabbit from Ghent was recognized as a breed by the ZDRK from October 2016.

In Belgium, where the name continues to be “Gentse Baarden” (“Ghent Bearded Rabbit”), bearded rabbits have been recognized since 2007. The Luxembourg small animal breeding association USAL also has the Ghent bearded rabbits on its breed list. A standard of the European Association for Poultry, Pigeon, Bird, Rabbit and Cavia Breeding (Entente Europeenne D'Aviculture et de Cuniculture) has been available as a proposal (working or project standard ) since 2007 and is currently being revised.

Similar races

The lion head rabbits show a similar fur structure.

Sources and further reading

literature

  • Heidrun Eknigk: Lexicon of Rabbits , Comet, November 2005, ISBN 3898365042
  • Inge Frasch: From mutation to presentation: Our bearded rabbits . In: rabbit newspaper . No. 12 . Hobby and small animal breeders Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2010, ISSN  0941-0848 , p. 4-7 ( online [accessed December 6, 2011]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the international names of the bearded rabbit at bartkaninchen.com
  2. ↑ https://www.rassekaninchen.at/rassen/rasseneinteilung-und-abkuerzungen.html
  3. ↑ Press release (PDF; 215 kB) of the ZDRK standard commission ( Rabbit newspaper. No. 14, Berlin 2011, p. 12)

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