202 MAMMALIA (THE RABBIT) 



(10) Do rabbits play together? When? 



(11) What are its modes of locomotion? 



(12) How far can it jump? 



(13) How high can it jmnp? 



(14) Can it swim? 



(15) When chased by dogs, why does it ''circle" on its 



tracks? 



(16) Did you ever hear a rabbit make a cry or sound? 



When? Why? 



(17) What is a rabbit's food? 



(18) What harm do they do? 



(19) In what kind of nests do they rear their young? When? 



(20) Are the young rabbits helpless, naked, and blind, or 



covered with hair, active, and can see? 



Morphophysiologic Study 



A. External Morphology 



1. Size. 



(a) Length in inches? (From tip of nose to tip of last 



vertebra of tail.) 



(b) Stout or slender in body? Diameter from side to 



side? Dorsoventrally? 



2. Shape of Body? 



3. Head. 



(1) Size. Small, medium, or large? 



(2) Cause of such a shape? 



(3) Eyes. 



(a) Shape? 



(b) Size? 



(c) Position on head? 



(d) Number of eyelids? 



(4) Ears. 



(a) Shape? 



(b) Size? Length in inches? Why so large? 



(c) Position on head? 



(5) Upper Lip. 



(a) Shape? Why such shape? 



(b) Use? 



