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The
European Rabbit
(
Oryctolagus cuniculus
) is a species of
rabbit
native to the
Iberian Peninsula
and
Northwest Africa
. It has been widely
introduced
to countries on all continents with the exception of
Antarctica
and
Sub-Saharan Africa
, often with devastating effects on local
biodiversity
. In
Australia
particularly, twelve pairs of rabbits introduced in 1859 became millions in just ten years, the fastest spread ever recorded of any mammal anywhere in the world.
Photo:
JJ Harrison
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