List of fictional rabbits and hares

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This is a list of fictional rabbits and hares (Leporidae). Fantasy hybrids such as jackalopes are not listed.

Contents

Literature

Comics

Video media

Film

Television

Animation

Video games

Advertising mascots

Fantasy

Mythology and folklore

Fictional hybrid species

Others

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Bunnies & Burrows (B&B) is a role-playing game (RPG) inspired by the 1972 novel Watership Down. Published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1976, the game centered on intelligent rabbits. It introduced several innovations to role-playing game design, being the first game to encourage players to have non-humanoid roles, and the first to have detailed martial arts and skill systems. Fantasy Games Unlimited published a similar second edition in 1982. Frog God Games published a revised third edition in 2019 from the original authors. The game was also modified and published by Steve Jackson Games as an official GURPS supplement in 1992.

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<i>Hold the Lion, Please</i> 1942 Bugs Bunny cartoon

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