Amami rabbit
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| phylum | Chordata | The Amami rabbit, also known as the Ryukyu rabbit, is a primitive, dark-furred rabbit which is only found in Amami Ōshima and Toku-no-Shima, 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 islands where they survive today.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Lagomorpha | |
| family | Leporidae | |
| genus | Pentalagus | |
| species | P. furnessi |
