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Ancestor: Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus (Domestic Rabbit) 

Size: 23 - 30 cm length
Weight: grams

Dietary Needs: Herbaceous plant leaves and young stems make up the bulk of it's diet (mainly catnip descendants) but it also eats the young leaf buds of tougher plants such as trees and shrubs, fallen fruit, flowers it can reach, grass and at the very south of it's range spruce cones are eaten in lean times.

Life Cycle: They have a shorter life cycle than their ancestor, allowing females to have up to two litters per year even in the far South where winters, over which reproduction stops, are longer and colder. This is possible due to their smaller size at maturity, so less growth time is needed. Males are competitive over mates but don't partake in parenting, the mother will dig or use an underground space of her own to nurse the blind helpless offspring. They grow and attain independence in less than two months, with sexual maturity to soon follow.

Other: They don't live in as large groups as the ancestor species, usually less than 10 and just enough to watch all angles for protection. This is because denser forest floor doesn't provide much for them, and they are too skittish to graze or browse in plant-lush areas for long because these areas are usually more open.

Another reason why they dislike large numbers is stealth. They are subtle in their interactions to avoid detection from the forest cats.