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The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and southwestern France. It is the sole living member of the genus Oryctolagus and has two subspecies. The European rabbit eats plants and lives in grasslands, and is highly adaptable to different environments, making its distinctive burrows known as warrens to live underground. It is the only species of rabbit to be domesticated, and the many breeds of European rabbit vary widely in size and shape, though the typical European rabbit has brown, grey or black fur with white undersides and is smaller than a European hare or mountain hare. In the European rabbit's mating system, dominant males have multiple female mates, though monogamous relationships are common in groups with fewer females. European rabbits have been introduced to every continent except for Antarctica, but are facing population declines in their native range due to overhunting, habitat destruction, and disease. (Fullarticle... )

Today's Selected Anniversaries

August 14 : Arba'in (Shia Islam), Independence Day in Pakistan (1947)

• 1720 – The Spanish Villasur expedition , intended to slow the progress of French influence on the Great Plains of North America, ended in failure when it was ambushed by Pawnee and Otoe forces.
• 1888 – One of the first recordings of music, of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord ", was played at a press conference in London to introduce Thomas Edison's phonograph.
• 1945 – Kenji Hatanaka (pictured) and other Japanese military officers launched an attempted coup d'état to prevent the surrender of Japan.
• 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.
• 2007 – Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796 people and wounding 1,562 others.

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