Blanc De Hotot
The Blanc de Hotot is a medium-sized rabbit breed originally developed in France. It is a compact, thickset white rabbit with spectacle-like black rings around each dark eye. First bred in Hotot-en-Auge, Normandy, France in the early 1900s, the breed spread throughout Europe and into North America by the 1920s. Initially unpopular in the United States, it died out there, and suffered population decline in World War II-era Europe. It began to spread again in the 1960s and 1970s, and was re-imported to the US in 1978. Today it is recognized by the British Rabbit Council and the American Rabbit Breeders Association, but is considered globally endangered, with a listing of "threatened" status by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Characteristics The Blanc de Hotot is always white, with black bands around the eyes, which by breed registry standards should not be more than wide. These bands give the breed "the appearance of fine spectacles around the eye". The body type is compa ...
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Hotot Rabbit!
Hotot may refer to: * Hotot (program), a micro-blogging desktop client for Twitter * Hotot-en-Auge, a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France * Walter Hotot (), English politician * Agnes Hotot (), English noblewoman * Dwarf Hotot, a breed of domestic rabbit * Blanc de Hotot The Blanc de Hotot is a medium-sized rabbit breed originally developed in France. It is a compact, thickset white rabbit with spectacle-like black rings around each dark eye. First bred in Hotot-en-Auge, Normandy, France in the early 1900s, the ...