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European Rabbit

Dorsal view of object no. NH.0.446.
Ventral view of object no. NH.0.446.
Dorsal view of object no. NH.0.446. Ventral view of object no. NH.0.446.

Cranium, mandible and atlas vertebrae of a European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), plus tube containing .177 calibre air rifle pellet.

Cranium, mandible and atlas vertebrae of a European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), plus tube containing .177 calibre air rifle pellet.

Cranium, mandible and atlas vertebrae of a European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), plus tube containing .177 calibre air rifle pellet. Shot with a 12 bore shotgun at 20 yards on farmland in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. NH.0.445 killed with same cartridge. 0.177 calibre air rifle pellet associared with specimen was presumably found encysted in rabbit.

Cranium, mandible and atlas vertebrae of a European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), plus tube containing .177 calibre air rifle pellet. Shot with a 12 bore shotgun at 20 yards on farmland in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. NH.0.445 killed with same cartridge. 0.177 calibre air rifle pellet associared with specimen was presumably found encysted in rabbit.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
NH.0.446
COLLECTOR / COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
skeletal material
CATEGORY
Natural History: Zoology
LOCATION
In storage
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