Amami rabbit: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Amami rabbit lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pentalagus furnessi
Group	Rabbits, hares & pikas
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Lagomorpha
Family	Leporidae

Where does the Amami rabbit live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Amami rabbit in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Japan

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Amami rabbit endangered?

The Amami rabbit’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Amami rabbit?

The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) is a mammal in the order Lagomorpha and the family Leporidae, genus Pentalagus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Amami rabbit

The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit, is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is found only on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima, two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Japan. Often called a living fossil, the Amami rabbit is a living remnant of ancient rabbits that once lived on the Asian mainland, where they died out, remaining only on the two small Japanese islands where they live today.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Amami rabbit (revision 1379620070), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q687102 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).