Rabbit summary facts — life expectancy 8-12 years, adult weight 1-8 kg, gestation 30-33 days, litter 4-12 kits, weaning 5-6 weeks (Welsh Government code)
Source: Welsh Government, “Code of Practice for the Welfare of Rabbits” (© Crown copyright September 2009; 2021-02 gov.wales edition), issued under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Crown copyright, re-used under the Open Government Licence v3.0 with attribution. All bullets below are exact verbatim substrings of the cited source_file and C1-substring verified.
This topic records the 'Summary rabbit facts' reference block of the Welsh Government code: names for males/females/kits, herbivore and prey-species classification, life expectancy, adult body weight, pregnancy length, litter size and weaning age.
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Males are called bucks and females are called does. Baby rabbits are called kits.Specialist have continuously growing teeth, produce soft droppings (caecotrophs) which they normally eat and hard waste droppings.Prey species have many predators e.g. owls, buzzards, foxes, dogs and cats.Life expectancy: 8 to 12 years (can be longer).Adult body weight: 1 to 8 Kg (this varies with breed and sex).Most litters will be born between 30 to 33 days. Litter size: 4 to 12 (average = 7) kits in a litter. The size of the litter depends on the breed of the rabbit. Generally smaller dwarf breeds will have litters of 2-4, medium breeds will have litters of 4-6, and larger breeds will have litters of 6-10.Weaning age 5-6 weeks.