Wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus in Shetland taking cover in a ditch
Wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus in Shetland taking cover in a ditch The date of introduction into Shetland of this species is not known although the first mention of the species in the literature reports that Rabbit warrens were present on the West Isle, Burra (at the holes of Minn and at the Links of Meal), and on the isles of Oxna, Hildasay and Papa Little in 1654 (Leigh 1908). Thereafter it was reported as widely established on links and holms in Shetland by about 1680 and Evans and Buckley say that the species was introduced on Foula in about 1879. Today the Rabbit is widespread and numerous on Mainland and most inhabited islands as well as the majority of uninhabited islands.
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Location: Muckle Roe Shetland
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