huxlei

Updated: May 6, 2025

In four and a half centuries these rabbits had become so different from any European rabbits that Haeckel described them as a species apart, and named it Lepus Huxlei. This rabbit is much smaller than the European form, being described as more like a large rat than a rabbit.

Sir Bertram Coghill Alan Windle - Science and Morals and Other Essays