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Photograph / Copyright Dermod Malley FRCVS. Picture previously used in In Practice (2007) 29 p378-386. Reproduced with permission.

Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus - Domestic rabbit
Reaching into the cage, grasp the rabbit by the scruff over the thoracic spine. For handling a particularly nervous or aggressive domestic rabbit, or a wild rabbit, it may be best to keep a towel draped over the rabbit.