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Body type

Body Type

 There are 7 body types recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA).  Let's learn about what makes each body type unique. 


When the breeds pose all breeds pose with their front feet in line with their eyes and the rear feet in line with the stifle (knee)

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High Head Mount

High Head Mount

High Head Mount

The High Head Mount breed body type include breeds that pose with their head high on their shoulders.

Compact

High Head Mount

High Head Mount

Compact breeds pose with their heads close to the table.

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High Head Mount

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Commercial body type breeds pose with their head on the table.

Full Arch

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Full Arch Breeds include breeds that run and some that are posed.  The breeds that run are evaluated while moving and stopping on the table.  What makes these breeds unique is their long front legs, head high, showing daylight under the stomach and the hindquarters up off the table.

Upright Cylindrical

This  body type was newly founded in 2022.  This group is made of the Czech Frosty and Blue Holicer.  This is the common pose of rabbits from Europe where these breeds were created.  The breeds have parallel sidelines when viewed from above.  They have a straight topline that is angled downward from the high shoulder to hindquarter.

Cylindrical

This body type has 1 breed in it the Himalayan.  This body type looks most closely to a can of potato chips.


Rabbits within this body type are posted with their head on the table and their bodies are stretched out.  They have parallel

Semi-Arch

Semi-Arch

Semi-Arch

Breed within this body type are typically very large in size including the most common representation the Flemish Giant.  Breeds within this body type pose with their heads on the table, in their topline the have a long flatter shoulder and then a rise at the back of their shoulders through the midsection and hindquarter.

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