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98 free Rabbits trivia questions with answers — nature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
20 free rabbit trivia questions with answers. Hop into our exciting rabbit trivia quiz and test your knowledge about these adorable and fascinating creatures! From their unique biology to their cultural significance, this 98-question challenge covers everything rabbit-related. Whether you're a bunny enthusiast or just curious, see how well you know these beloved animals.
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Q 01What is a baby rabbit commonly called?
Kit
A baby rabbit is a kit (or kitten); the doe lines the nest with fur plucked from her own body, a behaviour triggered by a surge of prolactin just before birth.
Q 02To which order of mammals do rabbits belong?
Lagomorpha
Rabbits are small mammals belonging to the family Leporidae, which is part of the order Lagomorpha, an order that also includes hares and pikas. They were once considered rodents but diverged earlier.
Q 03Roughly how long is a rabbit's pregnancy?
30 days
Rabbit gestation lasts about 30 days (28–31), and with no fixed breeding season a doe can conceive again almost immediately after giving birth, which is how litters of up to a dozen pile up so fast.
Q 04What do rabbit owners call the happy, twisting leap into the air a pet rabbit makes when it is pleased?
Binky
A binky is a contented rabbit's twisting leap, often with a mid-air head-flick and kicking hind legs; it is usually followed by a burst of fast laps around the room that owners call zoomies.
Q 05Which typically docile breed is the largest domestic rabbit, and the ancestor of the Belgian Hare?
Flemish Giant
The Flemish Giant, whose breed standard was first written in 1893, routinely weighs over 6 kg (13 lb) and is an ancestor of the Belgian Hare and many other breeds.
Q 06What forms the primary component of a rabbit's diet?
Hay and grass
Hay and grass should make up most of a rabbit's diet; without that fibre the gut can shut down in a potentially lethal condition called gastrointestinal stasis. Timothy, orchard and oat are common hays.
Q 07How do rabbits primarily regulate their body temperature, especially in warm conditions?
Through their ears
Rabbits in warmer climates tend to have longer ears for exactly this reason, and the vessels can be opened or shut to dump or conserve heat.
Q 08What are the soft, nutrient-rich pellets that rabbits re-ingest called?
Cecotropes
Rabbits are hindgut fermenters and produce cecotropes (also known as 'night feces'), which are soft, mucus-covered pellets re-ingested directly from the anus to absorb additional nutrients.
Q 09What is the approximate panoramic field of vision for a rabbit?
Nearly 360 degrees
Nearly 360 degrees, much of it spent scanning overhead for hawks; the trade-off is a blind spot right at the bridge of the nose.
Q 10What is a female rabbit called?
Doe
A female rabbit is a doe and a male is a buck; a mature doe often grows a dewlap, a fold of skin under the chin, from which she plucks fur to line her nest before kindling.
Q 11Which burrow-digging North American species is the world's smallest leporid?
Pygmy rabbit
The pygmy rabbit of the Great Basin sagebrush weighs under 500 g and is one of the few rabbits that digs its own burrows; its isolated Columbia Basin population is listed as federally endangered.
Q 12How do rabbits communicate danger or annoyance to others?
Thumping a hind foot
Thumping a hind foot is the alarm signal: the rabbit slams a hind leg against the ground, a thud that carries through the warren and sends the others bolting for cover.
Q 13Rabbits are 'induced ovulators.' What does this mean for their reproductive cycle?
Mating itself triggers ovulation
Q 21In which Australian state was Barwon Park, where Thomas Austin released rabbits in 1859?
Victoria
Thomas Austin's release near Winchelsea, Victoria led to what is described as the fastest spread ever recorded of any mammal anywhere in the world.
Q 22Which pathogen was released in Australia in 1950 to cut a rabbit population of some 600 million?
Myxoma
Myxoma virus, released in 1950, knocked numbers down to around 100 million, but genetic resistance let rabbits rebound to 200–300 million by 1991; rabbit calicivirus followed in the 1990s.
Q 23Western Australia's No. 1 rabbit-proof barrier, finished in 1907, held which record?
Longest unbroken fence on Earth
In an induced ovulator, mating itself triggers ovulation rather than a regular cycle; cats and camels work the same way, and combined with a month-long pregnancy it is why rabbits became a byword for breeding.
Q 14The earliest known ancestor of rabbits and hares lived 55 million years ago in what is now which country?
Mongolia
Gomphos elkema, a hare-sized animal from roughly 55-million-year-old rocks in Mongolia, is the earliest known ancestor of rabbits and hares; lagomorphs differ from rodents in having a second, peg-like pair of upper incisors.
Q 15Which of a rabbit's 28 teeth keep growing throughout its life?
All of them
All of them: a rabbit's incisors and cheek teeth are open-rooted and never stop growing, the incisors alone by roughly 2–3 mm a week, so constant chewing of fibrous food is needed to wear them down.
Q 16Until the 18th century 'rabbit' meant a young animal only; what was the word for an adult?
Coney
Coney, from the Latin cuniculus, was the word for the adult animal, with 'rabbit' reserved for the young until the 1700s; it survives in place names such as Coney Island.
Q 17How many toes does a rabbit have on each front paw?
Five
Five: each front paw has four toes plus a small dewclaw, while each hind foot has only four; rabbits have no paw pads, just thick fur on the soles of their feet.
Q 18What is a group of rabbits often called?
Colony
Colony is the usual term, with 'nest' used too; 'warren' more properly means the cluster of burrows the group lives in.
Q 19Which breed's velvety coat comes from a gene that shortens its guard hairs?
Rex
The Rex rabbit's plush coat is caused by a recessive gene that keeps the guard hairs no longer than the undercoat, giving a velvet feel; the breed first appeared in France in 1919.
Q 20Roughly how long does a well-kept pet rabbit typically live?
8–12 years
A well-kept house rabbit typically lives 8–12 years, far longer than wild cottontails, most of which die in their first year; the record-holder, a Tasmanian rabbit named Flopsy, reached 18.
The No. 1 Fence ran 1,833 km north to south and on completion in 1907 was the longest unbroken fence on Earth; all three Western Australian fences together stretched 3,256 km.
Q 24The volcano rabbit, one of the world's smallest rabbits, lives on volcanic slopes in which country?
Mexico
The volcano rabbit, known locally as teporingo or zacatuche, lives only on the slopes of volcanoes near Mexico City such as Popocatépetl; like pikas, it gives high-pitched warning calls rather than thumping.
Q 25The dark-furred Amami rabbit, a 'living fossil', is found only on two small islands of which country?
Japan
The Amami rabbit survives only on Japan's Amami Oshima and Tokunoshima islands, between Kyushu and Okinawa, as a remnant of ancient rabbits that once lived on the Asian mainland.
Q 26The Angora rabbit, bred for its long wool, is said to have originated in which present-day country?
Turkey
The Angora takes its name from Ankara, capital of Turkey, which was historically known as Angora; the breed became a favourite pet of French royalty in the mid-18th century.
Q 27Which novel about rabbits fleeing their doomed warren was rejected seven times before publisher Rex Collings took it on?
Watership Down
Watership Down began as stories Richard Adams told his daughters on car journeys; his debut went on to win the 1972 Carnegie Medal.
Q 28Okunoshima, 'Rabbit Island', once housed a secret factory making what?
Poison gas
The Imperial Japanese Army's poison gas plant, built on Okunoshima between 1927 and 1929, produced mustard gas and other agents; the island was even removed from some maps to keep it secret.
Q 29In the Vietnamese zodiac, which animal takes the place occupied by the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac?
Cat
Vietnam's zodiac puts the Cat (mèo) in the fourth slot that the Rabbit holds in the Chinese twelve-year cycle, so a Chinese Year of the Rabbit is Vietnam's Year of the Cat.
Q 30The Netherland Dwarf rabbit was created by crossing small wild rabbits with which breed?
Polish
The Netherland Dwarf was developed in the Netherlands in the early 1900s by crossing small Polish rabbits with small wild rabbits; adults weigh just 1.1 to 2.5 pounds.