Rabbits and Camelids Vocabulary

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering terminology, reproduction, anatomy, and characteristics of rabbits, llamas, and alpacas.

Doe

A female rabbit.

Buck

A male rabbit.

Kit

A baby rabbit.

Kindling

The process of giving birth in rabbits.

Nest box

A container or structure provided for birth and the housing of young kits.

Rabbitry

Housing or facility where rabbits are kept.

Fryer

A meat rabbit weighing approximately $5\,\text{lb}$ and aged $\le 12$ weeks.

Induced ovulator

An animal in which mating triggers ovulation rather than having a regular heat cycle; applies to rabbits, llamas, and alpacas.

Cecotrophy

The nutritional behavior of eating soft cecal pellets to recover nutrients, practiced by rabbits as hindgut fermenters.

Cria

A baby llama or alpaca.

Vicuña

A wild New World camelid known for producing exceptionally fine fiber.

Guanaco

A species of wild New World camelid.

Llama

A larger domestic New World camelid characterized by a long face, curved banana ears, coarser fleece, and uses including packing, guarding, fiber, and meat, with a gestation period of $350$ days.

Alpaca

A smaller domestic New World camelid characterized by a short face, straight spear ears, finer dense fleece used mainly for fiber, strong herd behavior, and a gestation period of $335$ days.

Gregarious

Group-loving; describing animals with strong herd behavior, such as alpacas.

Pacing

A gait in camelids where legs on the same side move forward together.

Modified ruminant

An herbivorous digestive system having $3$ compartments that provides efficient forage use, produces drier contents, and makes bloat uncommon; characteristic of camelids.

Orgling

The vocalization made by a male camelid during breeding while the female lies down.