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English Lop Rabbit Breed Information

English Lop Rabbit

Breed: English Lop

Body Type: Semi-Arched

Class: 6 class

Ideal Weights:
Bucks 9 lbs
Does 10 lbs

Ideal Ear Length:
Minimum of 21 inches

Groups: a. Self - Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac, White

b. Shaded - Black Frosted Pearl, Blue Frosted Pearl, Chocolate Frosted Pearl, Lilac Frosted Pearl, Sable, Sable Point, Seal, Smoke Pearl, Black Tortoise, Blue Tortoise, Lilac Tortoise, Chocolate Tortoise

c. Agouti - Black Chinchilla, Blue Chinchilla, Lilac Chinchilla, Sable Chinchilla, Smoke Pearl Chinchilla, Black Chestnut, Chocolate Chestnut, Opal, Lynx

d. Wide Band - Cream Fawn, Orange, Red

e. Ticked - Black Silver, Blue Silver, Brown Silver, Fawn Silver, Black Steel, Blue Steel, Chocolate Steel, Lilac Steel, Sable Steel, Smoke Pearl Steel

f. Broken - Broken = any other color with white, Tri-Colored= white plus Black/Orange, Blue/Golden Fawn, Chocolate/Orange, or Lilac/Golden Fawn

History:
The English Lop is said to have first appeared in Algiers, North Africa, and from there it spread to France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. England adopted it as an ideal exhibition specimen because of its extraordinary ears some time after 1854.