What are baby rabbits called?
Many people think that a baby rabbits is called a bunny, but this is actually just an affectionate nickname for rabbits, and not the correct English name for rabbit babies. So if baby rabbits are not called bunnies, then what are baby rabbits called?
The correct term for a baby rabbit is kitten, often shortened to kit. A nest full of rabbit kittens is collectively called a litter. Domestic rabbit babies are born naked, with their eyes closed, and are completely helpless and dependent on the mother for food and warmth. They develop quickly, with soft fur starting to cover the body within a day or two, and the eyes usually opening when the kits are around 10 days old.
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43 Comments
Larry Freeman
So what do you call a baby cat... a bunny?
Jimbo Dowd
My cat has a different name for baby rabbits..........lunch
Raymond Griego
Kittens! LMBO, I LEARN NEW STUFF HERE BY SURPRISE ALL THE TIME
billyboy915
Why does the question ask about "baby rabbits" (plural), yet give all the answer options in the singular form? Aren't baby rabbits called "kittens"?
Zainalrockzfoxz
I thought baby rabbits are called bunny.
Zainalrockzfoxz
you call a baby cat a kitten.
Manjunath Sagar
There is a word "liveret", the correct answer.
Spike Holmes
Larry Freeman, No - you call it a "COOKIN' FAT"
Carl Rosignol
I never heard that in my life
Jane Caligiuri
They r called kits, not kittens.
Kenny Smykth
Michael Fenster, a kit.
Michael Morrison
Bullshit, kittens? Come on, get real, they're frikkin BUNNIES!
Mark Ann Dubaz
When I was a little kid we raised rabbits as pets. My mother always called the babies kittens.
Michael Richards
Never heard that my whole life.🖕🏼
rgreen
Male rabbits are bucks, female are called doe- thought fawn would be correct.
Gold Toy Box
4H Club pays off, also not so sure this a geography question? Animal science maybe?
janhdye
Day is not lost. Learned a newbie!
Vernon R. Jones
Remembered this from Watership Dow
Pat Patterson
Sorry, that's complete BS.