Editing Amami rabbit (section)

===Diet===
The Amami rabbit feeds on over 29 species of plants, which incorporates 17 species of shrubs and 12 species of [[herbaceous plant]]s, consuming mostly the sprouts, young [[Shoot (botany)|shoot]]s and [[acorn]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnlFAQAAIAAJ|title=The Wild Mammals of Japan|last1=Ohdachi|first1=Satoshi D.|last2=Ishibashi|first2=Yasuyuki|last3=Iwasa|first3=Masahiro A.|date=2009|publisher=Shoukadoh Book Sellers|isbn=9784879746269|language=en}}</ref> It also eats [[Nut (fruit)|nuts]] and [[cambium]] of a wide variety of plant species.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9d8_AAAAQBAJ|title=Lagomorph Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation|last1=Alves|first1=Paulo C.|last2=Ferrand|first2=Nuno|last3=Hackländer|first3=Klaus|date=2007-12-29|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9783540724469|language=en}}</ref> It is observed that the Amami rabbit also feeds on the bark of stems and twigs of shrub plants.<ref name=":1" /> During summer, the Amami rabbit primarily feeds on Japanese pampas grass, and during winter, they primarily eat the acorns of the pasania tree.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/endangeredwildli07mars|url-access=registration|title=Endangered wildlife of the world|last=Corporation|first=Marshall Cavendish|date=February 1993|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=9781854354891 |language=en}}</ref> The Amami rabbit also eats the fruits of ''[[Balanophora yuwanensis]]'', a parasitic flowering plant, for which they are the main distributors of seed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/science/rabbit-parasite-plant-islands.html |first1=Jason |last1=Bittel |title=How Rare Island Bunnies Do a Parasitic Plant's Bidding |website=[[NY Times]] |date=26 January 2023}}</ref>