Any ideas what breed this is?

[yannimom]

This rabbit is about 5 months old. He currently weighs about 5 lbs. A friend gave him to my son, but we don't know what breed he is. Any ideas?
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[Mea]

Looks like there could be some English Spot in him. Very Nive body !!!

 

[RabbitMage]

I don't see English Spot in there.

With those ears he's probably a commercial breed crossed with something smaller.

I will randomly guess Havana X New Zealand, but generally speaking, I'd say mutt.

 

[dbunni]

If he is 5# at 4 months there is not much chance he is pure larger commercial breed. My 8 week old Broken NZs are 4#! Body and coat look to be a Polish cross. We see a lot of these from the pet stores in our area. Look a lot like what you have pictured. No rex or satin for sure, coat is not right for it. he is cute. Nice butterfly and ear markings!

 

[ChickenPotPie]

Okay, stop saying English Spot with every spotted rabbit posted. They're not that common and the pattern is not even close.

I'd be quite a feat for it to be a Polish cross, too, considering Polish are a 2 - 3 lb rabbit full grown. The type says nothing Polish to me. Neither does the fur (Polish have sleek, fly-back fur).

Now don't laugh, but first thing I thought of was mutt and then Mini Lop. I know it has got to be at least two generations back but look at that fur (long, roll back), pattern, and coloring. You'd expect to see it on a ML.

In any case, I think it is safe to say your son's cute rabbit is a Heinz 57.

 

[bellasrabbitry]

He looks like a mutt to me.

Defiantly not an English Spot(just because it's a broken does not mean it's an ES). lol

He's a cute rabbit.

 

[RabbitMage]

Oh good, more people that share my English Spot rage!

 

[ChickenPotPie]

Oh good, more people that share my English Spot rage!

Oh, don't get me started! lol

I spent a few years volunteering in a very busy shelter working with the rabbits (and the affiliated rabbit rescues). EVERY spotted rabbit the rescues advertised were either English Spot mixes and every product of repeat Broken to Broken breedings were Hotot/Dwarf Hotot mixes.

Forget that ES are not that common and Hotot are the rarest rabbit in America at this time with the Dwarf version in the same waters if not in the same boat.

Yeah, it's a pet peeve of mine. :/

 

[TheSheepGirl]

He looks a bit like a cross that I had a few years back and bit like one I have now.

They were both mini rex crosses, one was a rex/holland. I know for certain because I watched the idiot breed the two together. He had huge holland ears and a mini rex head and body.

I've found that the rex gene is a recessive that does not usually show up and that the crosses are a roll back or flyback fur type. He has the mini rex head and a body that would fit a very poorly typed mini rex. The ears don't match, but short ears are a recessive too.

As for the size, I've seen mini rex that were edging toward 6 pounds at six months, people temd not to breed them small sometimes. I have also seen mini atins that big, though those are kind of rare.

He has kind of a flemishy type of body and those are more common than you'd think.

I don't know what your talking about with the whole english spot thing, given every spotted rabbit isn't an english spot, but have you ever been to a show. An average ES turnout is around fifty and that's for a small show. I've seen as many as 80 at a show in my area and those are never big. If you've won BOB in the ES class then that's a feet.

 

[RabbitMage]

I don't know what your talking about with the whole english spot thing, given every spotted rabbit isn't an english spot, but have you ever been to a show. An average ES turnout is around fifty and that's for a small show. I've seen as many as 80 at a show in my area and those are never big. If you've won BOB in the ES class then that's a feet.

Out here in California it's a rare show that there are ANY present, and 20 would be considered a huge showing.