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THE Dutch rabbit usually featured in books on domestic rabbit keeping is a parti-coloured animal; the posterior half being coloured, while the anterior is largely white except for the ears and two eye circles of coloured fur. This pattern, however, is not stable. The characteristic pattern ranges from almost complete white (with blue eyes) to animals with odd white marks on the muzzle and fore-feet1,2.
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ROBINSON, R. Dutch-type White-spotting in Rabbits. Nature 168, 300 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168300a0
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