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Where did the European rabbit originally live?
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European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) originally occupied the Iberian Peninsula and northwestern Africa. While it is now widely distributed due to human introduction, these regions constitute its native geographic range.1