What is the history of rex rabbit?

Rex rabbit, whose scientific name is Alex rabbit, is a typical fur rabbit. Alex is a transliteration of the English word "Rex rabbit", which means the king of rabbits. Its original French name was "Beaver King". It is also called "velvet rabbit" because of its smooth and straight fluff, gorgeous mercerizing treatment and soft and comfortable feel. Because of its delicate fur, rex rabbit is very similar to the precious fur animal "otter", so it is also called "rex rabbit".

Rex rabbit, produced in France, is mutated from ordinary rabbits and bred later. 19 19 first appeared in the rabbit herd of a rancher named Caron. There are 1 short-haired rabbits in a litter of grey rabbits. When it appears in a beautiful reddish-brown short hair, there are 1 heterosexual individuals in another nest. Later, a priest named Geely bought all the mutant rabbits and carefully bred them for generations.

Rex rabbit production has a history of 80 years in China. In the early 1950s, rex rabbits were introduced from the former Soviet Union and distributed in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Jilin and other places. From 65438 to 0979, 200 breeding rabbits were introduced from the United States and raised in Jintang, Dinghai, Zhejiang. 1980 More than 2,000 rex rabbits were introduced from the United States and raised in Beijing, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Shandong, Shaanxi and other provinces, and now they have been popularized in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.