List of Rabbit Breeds Weighing More Than 5 Pounds (2.3 Kilos)

The different rabbit breeds shown below are those recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association, Inc. (ARBA) with headquarters at 8 Westport Court, Bloomington, Illinois 61704, USA.



The rabbits are shown from the heaviest to the lightest variety weighing more than 5 pounds (2.3 kilos). The large rabbits are good to raise for meat production. When large rabbits are slaughtered, the edible portion of the carcass (excluding the internal organs, furs, heads, feet, and tails) will weigh about 55% of live weight. For example: if the live weight of New Zealand White rabbit is 6 pounds (2.7 kilos), the net weight of the carcass is about 3.3 pounds (1.5 kilos).

Rabbit Breed	Image	Approximate Size		Fur Type / Ear Type	Color(s)
		Pounds	Kilos
Flemish Giant		14 – 25	6.4 – 11.3	Tall / Upright	Steel, Light Grey, Sandy, Fawn, White, Black, Blue
Checkered Giant		11 – 12	5.0 – 5.4	Short / Upright	White with black markings
Giant Papillon		11 – 12	5.0 – 5.4	Short / Upright	White with black markings
Silver Fox		11 – 12	5.0 – 5.4	Short / Upright
Cinnamon		10 – 11	4.5 – 5.0	Short / Upright	Cinnamon
English Lop		10 – 11	4.5 – 5.0	Short / Lop	Many
Palomino		10 – 11	4.5 – 5.0	Short / Upright	Lynx, Golden
French Lop		10	4.5	Short / Lop	Many
Giant Angora		10	4.5	Long / Upright
Silver Marten		9.5	4.3	Short / Upright
American Albino		9 - 12	4.1 – 5.4	Short / Upright	White
American Blue		9 – 12	4.1 – 5.4	Short / Upright	Blue
American Sable		9 – 12	4.1 – 5.4	Short / Upright	Sable
Chinchilla (American)		9 – 12	4.1 – 5.4	Short / Upright	Chinchilla
New Zealand		9 – 12	4.1 – 5.4	Short / Upright	White with red eyes, Red, Black, Broken
Californian		9 – 10	4.1 – 4.5	Short / Upright	White with Chocolate, Lilac or Blue points, red eyes
Rhinelander		9 – 10	4.1 – 4.5	Short / Upright	White with colored butterfly patterns
Blanc de Hotot		8 – 11	3.6 – 5.0	Short / Upright	White, dark rings around eyes
Argente de Champagne		8 – 10	3.6 – 4.5	Short / Upright	Silver
French Angora		7 – 10	3.2 – 4.5	Long / Upright	Many
Rex (Standard)		6 – 10	2.7 – 4.5	Rex / Upright	Many
Harlequin		6 – 9	2.7 – 4.1	Upright	2 colors in fur i.e. part black part orange
Satin Angora		6 – 9	2.7 – 4.1	Long / Upright
Himalayan		6 – 8	2.7 – 3.6	Short / Upright	White with black, chocolate, lilac or blue points
Satin		6 – 8	2.7 – 3.6	Short / Upright	All self colors, very shiny fur
Argente Crème		6	2.7	Short / Upright	Cream
Thrianta		6	2.7	Short / Upright	Chestnut

Sources: Images and some texts from Wikipedia.org under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; Argente Crème rabbit image courtesy of livestockconservancy.org; Cinnamon image courtesy of Photo © Animal-World: Courtesy: Jeannie Larson; and Thrianta rabbit image courtesy of differentbreedsofrabbit.weebly.com.