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===Morphology=== The Amami rabbit has short feet and hind legs, a somewhat bulky body, and rather large and curved claws used for digging and sometimes climbing.<ref name=":4" /> Its ears are significantly smaller compared to those of other hares or rabbits.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMuxDgAAQBAJ&q=amami+rabbit+Its+ears+are+also+significantly+smaller+than+those+of+other+rabbits+or+hares&pg=PT42|title=The Way of the Hare|last=Taylor|first=Marianne|date=2017-06-15|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781472909909|language=en}}</ref> The [[Fur|pelage]] is thick, wooly and dark, brown on top and becomes more reddish-brown on the sides.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9d8_AAAAQBAJ&q=center+for+conservation+of+amami+wildlife&pg=PA375|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 has heavy, long and very strong claws, being nearly straight on the forefeet and curved on the hindfeet <ref name=":2" /> The eyes are also small compared to more common rabbits and hares. The average weight is {{Convert|2.5-2.8|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Yamada, F. 2005">{{cite journal |author1=Yamada, F. |author2=Cervantes, F. |year=2005 |title=''Pentalagus fernessi'' |journal=Mammalian Species |issue=782 |pages=1–5 |doi=10.1644/782.1 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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