Today there are hundreds of varieties of rabbits. All of them are conventionally divided by their dominant performance, wool length and weight. Thus, according to the generally accepted classification, they are divided into down, meat, fur, and indoor breeds of rabbits for home breeding.
Down breeds of rabbits
Rabbit fluff is an ideal material for some industries. By its quality, it can be compared with sheep or goat, and it is distinguished by good heat resistance and practicality. In addition, there is a perception that rabbit down has healing properties and is absolutely indispensable for neuralgia and radiculitis. The performance of downy rabbits is due to factors such as feeding, habitat, age, season, and technology for collecting fluff.
Did you know? China is considered the world leader in the production of angora fluff. In the European part, France leads, in the second and third place is the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Angora downy
This crawl got its name for the uniformity of down and wool of the goat of the same name. There is an opinion that the Angora downy feathers were brought to Europe from the Turkish coast and immediately became the favorites of wealthy aristocrats. 
These charming creatures resemble a fluffy ball and today are quite common in the role of pets.
The weight of an adult crawl is 3 kg. Females do not differ in fruitfulness - on average, 6 young rabbits per okol. Toddlers grow slowly and the two-kilogram weight gain only by half a year.
To the living conditions of the rabbits Angora downy pretentious, like free, dry rooms. In addition, this subspecific requires regular (every 3 months) a haircut. 
White downy
This species was produced in the past century by the hybridization of the Angora breeds.
White feather - rather large rabbits, up to 54 cm in length. The average weight of a mature animal is 4 kg. 
Body - roundish, dense, with a neat head and ears. Paws - powerful, short.
Fur - long, about 15 cm, elastic, does not roll.
The female gives about 7 babies per offspring.
White down - undemanding crawl, very adapted to our region.
Find out whether it is good for rabbits to eat hay, burdocks, nettles.
Fur breeds of rabbits
There are many types of fluffy rabbits, and they are divided into:
- sandpaper;
- meat;
- meat-skin.
Black brown
The most undemanding and, perhaps, the most resistant breedbred in the process of hybridization of the Viennese blue, white giant and flandre.
This crawl is distinguished by its unusual color, resembling a silver fox (black-brown fox). The density and quality of wool of this subspecies occupies a leading position. 
The mass of an adult representative of the black-brown subspecies on average reaches 5-7 kg. The head is powerful, with voluminous and long (up to 18 cm) ears. The body is massive, about 61 cm long. The breast is wide, approximately 37 cm in coverage. The paws are massive, long.
The skin of this species is especially appreciated by the creators of fur products and finds application in the industry in its natural form. 
Outcrop - 8 or more rabbits per litter.
Read also about the breeds of rabbits: Californian, gray giant, rizen, ram.
Veil silver
This subspecies was bred in the middle of the 20th century on the basis of such species as chinchilla, white giant, home flandre, and Viennese blue. The main color is gray, among which there is a dark edge of the guard and suggestive hair that reproduces the pattern of the veil.
Pooh skins - evenly blue. The standard weight of the voile silver crawl is 4.5-4.8 kg. Body length - 60 cm. Breast is strong, 37 cm in diameter.
The veil-silver craw, like the white downy breed of rabbits, is distinguished by early maturation. Rabbits appear in the light of black and acquire a distinctive color by 7-8 months after the second molt.
Butterfly
This representative rabbit hails from England and was initially considered decorative. However, over time, representatives were connected with rabbits of the genus Flandre and Viennese blue and began to be grown for their skins. 
Adult representatives have a compact constitution (56-58 cm) and a small head. Ears small (13-15 cm), erect. Butterflies have wide back and chest, long legs. The skeleton is strong, with well-formed muscles.
The fur is not long, tight. White color dominates in color. how distinctive feature - presence of black-brown specks, black neck, ears, nose and stripes in the center of the back.
Important! The nature of the spots does not change.
The mass of an adult representative is 4.5-5 kg. The female for offspring gives 8 calves. 
Rex
Amazing fluffy rabbit with plush, velvety to the touch fur. Rex is characterized as a short-haired crawl. Received in France. 
The skin is a different color:
- white;
- brownish;
- black;
- gray
- reddish;
- dark blue;
- chestnut
Important! Rex reacts extremely negatively to noise, loud sounds, does not tolerate strong aromas and high temperature.
Females are not fertile (5-6 baby rabbits), babies grow slowly. In addition, small rabbits can not stand drafts, dust, excess moisture, instantly overheat in the open sun. 
By the nature of Rex, good-natured, calm, very fond of attention and affection.
We advise you to read about how to make a cage for a rabbit and equip it with a trough and a feeding trough, and also about what a shed is, how to keep rabbits in it and how to make a shed yourself.
Russian ermine (Himalayan)
Although this breed is referred to as fur or down rabbits and breeding has only one goal - a good skin, they are also characterized by excellent meat. 
The name of the breed was due to the similarity of colors with ermine wool. The main tone is white, and only at the edge of the nose, ears and paws there is a dark brown or pure black color.
The wool of the Russian ermine rabbit is different gloss, density and velvety. The Russian ermine is characterized by a powerful structure, a small head and a dense body 50-52 cm long. The ears are erect.
Mature rabbits weigh 4-4.5 kg. 
This crawl is distinguished by unpretentiousness and good adaptability to various climatic conditions.
Did you know? The British rabbit named Ralph managed to become the champion of the Guinness Book of Records: eared reached a weight of 25 kg and a length of 130 cm.
Chinchilla
Adult chinchilla differs tubular shape of the body. Her head and ears are small, her breast is bulky and deep. The neck is short, powerful. 
The chinchilla's coat is colored gray-blue, but the density, color of the color is light, regular and dark chinchilla.
Important! The quality of the skins set on the "outlet", obtained by inflating the pile. The more definite the zonality (light gray, white, black), the better the quality.
The standard weight of mature rabbits is 4.5 kg. Rabbits give the average offspring - 6-8 pups. 
Not bad adapt to varied weather conditions.
Learn how to treat a rabbit for diseases: myxomatosis, coccidiosis, pasteurellosis.
These, of course, are not all categories of fur and down rabbits. There are also giant breeds, and decorative, which can be bred in the form of pets. But we tried to describe the most basic and popular ones.
