Rabbit are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are eight different genera in the family classified as rabbits, including the European rabbit ( Orcytolagus cuniculus), cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus ; 13 species0, and the Amani rabbit ( Pentalagus furnessi, an endangered species on Amami Oshima, Japan ). There are many other species of rabbit,, and these, along with pikas and hares, make up the order Lagomorpha. The male is called a buck and the female is a doe ; a young rabbit is a kitten or kit. Rabbit habitats include meadows, woods, forests, grasslands, desert, and wetlands. Rabbits live in groups, and the best known species, The European rabbit, lives in underground burrows, or rabbit holes. A group of burrows is called a warren. More than half the world's rabbit population resides in North America. They are also native to south-western Europe, Southeast Asia, Sumatra , some islands of Japan, and in parts of Africa and South America. They are not naturally found in most of Eurasia, relatively recently, as part of the Great American Interchange. Much of the continent has just one species of rabbit, the tapeti, while most of South America's southern cone is without rabbits. "More than half the world's rabbit population resides in North America " (Paragraph 3) The similar meaning of the underlined word is ...

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Rabbit are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are eight different genera in the family classified as rabbits, including the European rabbit ( Orcytolagus cuniculus), cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus ; 13 species0, and the Amani rabbit ( Pentalagus furnessi, an endangered species on Amami Oshima, Japan ). There are many other species of rabbit,, and these, along with pikas and hares, make up the order Lagomorpha. The male is called a buck and the female is a doe ; a young rabbit is a kitten or kit.

Rabbit habitats include meadows, woods, forests, grasslands, desert, and wetlands. Rabbits live in groups, and the best known species, The European rabbit, lives in underground burrows, or rabbit holes. A group of burrows is called a warren.

More than half the world's rabbit population resides in North America. They are also native to south-western Europe, Southeast Asia, Sumatra , some islands of Japan, and in parts of Africa and South America. They are not naturally found in most of Eurasia, relatively recently, as part of the Great American Interchange. Much of the continent has just one species of rabbit, the tapeti, while most of South America's southern cone is without rabbits.

"More than half the world's rabbit population resides in North America " (Paragraph 3)

The similar meaning of the underlined word is ...

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