Rabbit, <I>Oryctolagus cuniculus, </I>New Zealand, population ecology, age structure, sex ratio, survival, breeding season, reproduction, productivity, life-table, body-weight, control.

Population ecology of rabbits in the Wairarapa, New Zealand

An aged sample of over 17,000 rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from the Wairarapa, in the North Island of New Zealand (area 2535 km', 41 °10'S), was autopsied between September 1965 and September 1967. The sample represented about two-thirds of all rabbits shot by the Pest Destruction Board. Information included: date; property; age; sex; body-weight; if male testes scrotal or not, if female – whether pregnant / lactating, number and size of healthy / resorbing embryos.