Which wild rabbit species are the ancestors of domestic rabbits?

All breeds of domestic rabbits originate from a single wild species: the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).12

While there are 29 different species of rabbits globally, all modern domestic strains were selectively bred from this one species. Genetic comparisons between domestic rabbits and their wild counterparts in France indicate that these groups became isolated from one another between 17,700 and 12,200 years ago, with the domestication process occurring gradually over hundreds or thousands of years.12